gjár

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gær, gjár, from Proto-Germanic *gēz (yesterday).

Adverb

gjár

  1. yesterday
    Blaðið frá í gjár.
    The paper from yesterday.

Usage notes

Usually only appears in the phrase í gjár or in compounds like gjárkvøld.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gēz (yesterday).

Adverb

gjár

  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)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: í gær
  • Faroese: í gjár
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i går
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i går
  • Old Swedish: gār, ī gār
  • Danish: i går