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gjalde

gjalde

Danish

Alternative forms

  • gælde (obsolete)

Verb

gjalde ‎(imperative gjald, infinitive at gjalde, present tense gjalder, past tense gjaldede, perfect tense har gjaldet)

  1. to resound, reverberate, echo

References

Etymology

Expected form is gælde, now obsolete. The current form originates likely from a Funen dialectal gjalde, gjalle.

From Old Danish gællæ, *giallæ, from Old Norse gella, gjalla, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną ‎(“to shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ‎(“to shout”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /gjalə/, [ˈg̊jalə]

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