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gerð.

act, action (usually plural and more often as gjörð)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈcɛrð]
  1. act, action (usually plural and more often as gjörð)

    feminine
  2. the act of building, making

    feminine
  3. type, make, kind

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse gørð, from Proto-Germanic *garwidō, related to the adjective *garwaz (“prepared, ready”). Compare the doublet gjörð.

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