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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gjóta.
Verb
gyte (imperative gyt, present tense gyter, passive gytes, simple past gjøt or gytte, past participle gytt, present participle gytende)
- to spawn (of fish)
References
- “gyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gjóta, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.
Verb
gyte (present tense gyter or gyt, past tense gytte or gaut, past participle gytt or gote, passive infinitive gytast, present participle gytande, imperative gyt)
- (of fish) to spawn
References
- “gyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *guti, from Proto-Germanic *gutiz (“gush, outflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Old Frisian gete, Old High German guz.
Pronunciation
Noun
gyte m
- pouring
- shedding (of blood, sweat, tears)
- inundation, flood
Inflection
Declension of gyte (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Scots
Etymology
Unknown. Also found in Northern English dialects. In the "boy" sense, possibly from get (“offspring”).
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Adjective
gyte
- crazy or mad; delirious; out of one's senses
- foolish; demented
Noun
gyte (plural gytes)
- A madman; fool
- A first-year boy at the Royal High School, Edinburgh or Edinburgh Academy.
References
- Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary 1952