ged

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ged"

Translingual

Symbol

ged

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gade.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gade terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English gedde, from Old Norse gedda (“pike”), cognate with Icelandic gedda (“pike”), Danish gedde (“pike”).

Noun

ged (plural geds)

1. (UK, dialect or heraldry) The pike or luce.
2. (Scotland) A greedy person
   • 1808, John Jamieson, A Dictionary of the Scottish Language:

     He's a perfect ged for silver.

Anagrams

• DEG, EDG, EGD, dEG, deg, deg., egd

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

ged

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Etymology

From Old Danish get, from Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰayd- (“goat”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits) and Latin haedus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːd/, [ɡ̊eːˀð], [ɡ̊eðˀ]
• Rhymes: -eð

Noun

ged c (singular definite geden, plural indefinite geder)

1. goat (animal)

Inflection

Declension of ged

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ged	geden	geder	gederne
genitive	geds	gedens	geders	gedernes

References

• “ged” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ged” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Old English

Noun

ġed m

1. alternative form of ġiedd