gyrða

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (to enclose).

Verb

gyrða

  1. to gird
  2. to girth

Conjugation

Conjugation of gyrða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive gyrða
present participle gyrðandi
past participle gyrðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gyrði gyrða gyrða gyrða
2nd person singular gyrðir gyrðir gyrðir gyrðir
3rd person singular gyrðir gyrði gyrði gyrði
1st person plural gyrðum gyrðum gyrðim gyrðim
2nd person plural gyrðið gyrðuð gyrðið gyrðið
3rd person plural gyrða gyrðu gyrði gyrði
imperative present
2nd person singular gyrð, gyrði
1st person plural gyrðum
2nd person plural gyrðið
Conjugation of gyrða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive gyrðask
present participle gyrðandisk
past participle gyrzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gyrðumk gyrðumk gyrðumk gyrðumk
2nd person singular gyrðisk gyrðisk gyrðisk gyrðisk
3rd person singular gyrðisk gyrðisk gyrðisk gyrðisk
1st person plural gyrðumsk gyrðumsk gyrðimsk gyrðimsk
2nd person plural gyrðizk gyrðuzk gyrðizk gyrðizk
3rd person plural gyrðask gyrðusk gyrðisk gyrðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular gyrzk, gyrðisk
1st person plural gyrðumsk
2nd person plural gyrðizk

Descendants

  • Faroese: gyrða
  • Icelandic: gyrða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gyrda, gjorda, jula
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gyrde, gjorde, jule
  • Old Swedish: giurþa, giorþa
  • Danish: gjorde

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gyrða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 176; also available at the Internet Archive