UrsprungFrom Old Swedish giælda, giælla, gælla, from Old Norse gjalda, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Under influence from Low German gelden, compare gälda. See also Icelandic gilda and Icelandic gildandi.
- to be valid; to be correct or proper, to apply
- to concern; to regard; to be about (something)
- to geld; castrate
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular
- form-of, pluralplural
Formergäller(present) · gällde(preterite) · gällt(supine) · gäll(imperative) · gälla(active, infinitive) · gällas(infinitive, passive) · gällt(active, supine) · gällts(passive, supine) · gäll(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · gällen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · gäller(active, indicative, present) · gällde(active, indicative, past) · gälls(indicative, passive, present) · gälles(indicative, passive, present) · gälldes(indicative, passive, past) · gälla(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · gällde(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · gällas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)