gjǫrð

See also: gjord, gjørð, gjörð, and giorþ

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gerdō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Noun

gjǫrð f (genitive gjarðar, plural gjarðar or gjarðir)

belt, girdle, saddle girth

Declension

Declension of gjǫrð (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðin	gjarðar, gjarðir	gjarðarnar, gjarðirnar
accusative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðina	gjarðar, gjarðir	gjarðarnar, gjarðirnar
dative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðinni	gjǫrðum	gjǫrðunum
genitive	gjarðar	gjarðarinnar	gjarða	gjarðanna

Related terms

gyrðill

Descendants

Icelandic: gjörð
Faroese: gjørð
Norwegian: gjord, (dialectal) gjørd, gjuld, gjard, gjort
Old Swedish: giorþ
- Swedish: gjord
Danish: gjord
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjord
Gutnish: gjård
→ Middle English: gerth, girth, gyrth
- English: girth
- Scots: girth

References

gjörð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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