gær

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See also: gaer and gär

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gerð (“yeast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gær c (singular definite gæren, not used in plural form)

  1. yeast (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
  2. yeast (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

See also

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gær, gjár.

Adverb

gær

  1. yesterday

Usage notes

  • Almost always used with í: see í gær
  • The word can be reduplicated to indicate multiple days passed, e.g. í gær gær (“the day before yesterday, two days ago”)

Middle English

Noun

gær

  1. Alternative form of gor

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gēz (“yesterday”).

Adverb

gær

  1. yesterday
    segit nu godir höfðingiar huat visse lagafrett su er Eymundr spurde i giar.
    Tell me this, good lords, what did the legal question relate to, that Eymundr asked about yesterday? (Ólafs saga helga)
  2. (rare) tomorrow

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