OriginFrom Old Swedish giælda, giælla, gælla, from Old Norse gjalda, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Under influence from Middle Low German gelden, see gälla.
- archaic, formalto pay
“1734, Anonymous, Sweriges Rikes Lag Gillad och antagen på Riksdagen Åhr 1734, Bygninga Balken, 22:8, page 136” — If a man incites his dog on another's cattle, and it [the cattle] is wounded; [may he] pay full in return, and be fined a fourth of its value.
Formsgäldar(present) · gäldade(preterite) · gäldat(supine) · gälda(imperative) · gälda(active, infinitive) · gäldas(infinitive, passive) · gäldat(active, supine) · gäldats(passive, supine) · gälda(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · gälden(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · gäldar(active, indicative, present) · gäldade(active, indicative, past) · gäldas(indicative, passive, present) · gäldades(indicative, passive, past) · gälda(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · gäldade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · gäldas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · gäldades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)
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