greiða

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse greiða (“to arrange; fit out; comb”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną. === Verb === greiða (third person singular past indicative greiddi, third person plural past indicative greiddu, supine greitt) to straighten out, to order, to arrange, to unknot to comb to answer, to resolve to prepare to commit, to deliver, to give over greiða frá: to tell, to report, to recount, to explain ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkreiːða/ Rhymes: -eiːða === Etymology 1 === Nominalization of the verbal sense in Etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== greiða f (genitive singular greiðu, nominative plural greiður) comb Synonym: kambur ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse greiða (“to arrange; fit out; comb”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną. ==== Verb ==== greiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative greiddi, supine greitt) to comb Synonym: kemba to pay, to discharge (a debt) Synonym: borga ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== endurgreiða greiðsla === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “greiða”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to arrange, set in order”). === Verb === greiða (singular past indicative greiddi, plural past indicative greiddu, past participle greiddr) to unravel, disentangle, arrange (with hár) to comb or dress the hair to make or get ready Greiða til vað ― To get ready a fishing line Greiða til um vápn ― To get the weapons ready to speed, to further (reflexive) to be successful, get on Greiddist honum vel ― He got on well (literally, “It sped well with him”) to pay (with fram) to pay out to discharge, perform (with skírsl) to perform the ordeal (with vörður) to keep watch (with róðr) to pull at the oars (with atróðr, atlaga) to attack (in a sea-fight) (with mál) to settle a case ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: greiða (“to pay, comb”) Faroese: greiða Norwegian: (dialectal) greia, greide, greida (“to manage, be able to”) Norwegian Nynorsk: greie Norwegian Bokmål: greie → Danish: greje → Swedish: greja Swedish: (obsolete) gre, greda (“to settle, arrange”) Danish: grede Norwegian Bokmål: gre → Middle English: graithen, greithen English: (obsolete) graith (“to make ready, dress”) Scots: graith → Old French: greer, greier French: gréer (“to rig”) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “greiða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive