Orðað

Orðað is an Icelandic term that appears as the past participle form of the verb orða, meaning to phrase or to word. In modern Icelandic, orða is used to express something in words, and orðað is mainly encountered in formal, literary, or historical contexts as a participial adjective meaning “worded” or “phrased.” As a participle, orðað can modify nouns and can appear in periphrastic constructions with auxiliary verbs, with its form inflecting for gender and number like other participles.

Etymology and form: the word derives from orð, meaning word, plus the suffix -að, which forms past participles for some Icelandic verbs. This places orðað among verbal-derived adjectives that indicate a wording or phrasing of something.

Usage notes: orðað is relatively rare in everyday speech and is more likely to be found in literary prose, legal or scholarly writing, and historical texts. It conveys the sense that something has been expressed in a particular way or phrased with a certain emphasis, sometimes implying careful or deliberate formulation.

Relation to other terms: orða is the base verb meaning to phrase or word, and orðað sits within the broader set of Icelandic forms that connect lexical content with syntactic arrangement. In discussions of syntax and style, orðað may be cited as an example of a participial adjective describing wording.

See also: orða; Icelandic grammar; participles in Icelandic.