gjord

See also: gjörð, gjørð, and gjǫrð

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō. The Old Norse word has been borrowed into English girth.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡjoːˀr/, [ˈɡ̊joˀɒ̯], [ˈɡ̊joɐ̯ˀ] or IPA(key): /ɡjorˀd/, [ˈɡ̊joɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

gjord c (singular definite gjorden, plural indefinite gjorde)

  1. a girth

References

“gjord” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gjord

  1. masculine and feminine past participle of gjera

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jʊɖː/ (standard Swedish) IPA(key): /juːrd/ (some dialects)
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  • Homophones: hjord, jord (both if pronounced non-standard Swedish-wise with a long o-sound)

Etymology 1

The past participle of göra.

Adjective

gjord

  1. made, done
    som gjorda för varann
    as if made for each other
Declension
Inflection of gjord
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular gjord — —
Neuter singular gjort — —
Plural gjorda — —
Masculine plural3 gjorde — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gjorde — —
All gjorda — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish giorþ, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō.[1]

Noun

gjord c

  1. a girth (belt around a horse)
Declension
Declension of gjord 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gjord gjorden gjordar gjordarna
Genitive gjords gjordens gjordars gjordarnas
  • bukgjord
  • däckelgjord
  • sadelgjord
  • tömkörningsgjord

See also

References
  1. gjord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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