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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
gjøa n
- definite plural of gjø
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
gjøa f
- definite singular of gjø
Etymology 2
Cognate with Icelandic góa. As a period after February, known at least from South-Western Trøndelag. In other places may be intermixed with Thorri. Attested as Giøe by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect, referring to a period in January.
Noun
gjøa f (indeclinable)
- (folklore, Trøndelag) a period between February 12 and March 13 associated with black magic
- (folklore) a period in January, sometimes similar to Thorri
See also
References
- O. Havdal (1968) Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700.