gjalde

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ɡjalə/, [ˈɡ̊jalə]

Verb

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

  1. to resound, reverberate, echo

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