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English
Noun
gyger (plural gygers)
- Alternative spelling of jigger (“door”)
1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors:Towre ye, yander is the ken, dup the gyger and maunde that is beneship.
See you, yonder is the house, open the doore, and aske for the best.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gýgr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹jʏːɡər/, /¹jʏɡər/
- Hyphenation: gỳ‧ger
Noun
gyger f (definite singular gygra, indefinite plural gygrar or gygrer, definite plural gygrane or gygrene)
- (folklore, Norse mythology) a giantess, female jotun, female troll
- Synonyms: skjesse, jøtulkvinne
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References
- “gyger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “gygr” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse gýgr. Possibly related to Sanskrit गुहति (gúhati, “he hides”).[1]
Noun
gyger
- (obsolete, Norse mythology) female jotun; female giant
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