geldingr

Old Norse

Etymology

From geldr, gelda (“to castrate”).

Noun

geldingr m

  1. wether (castrated ram)

Descendants
  • Danish: gilding c (Middle Danish gelding)
  • English: gelding
  • Faroese: geldingur m
  • Icelandic: geldingur m
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): gjelding m
  • Swedish: gälling c (Old Swedish gældinger)

References
  • “geldingr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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