gyte

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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)

  1. to spawn (of fish)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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)

  1. (of fish) to spawn

References

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

  1. pouring
  2. shedding (of blood, sweat, tears)
  3. inundation, flood

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: gute, gyte, gite

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Also found in Northern English dialects. In the "boy" sense, possibly from get (offspring).

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Adjective

gyte

  1. crazy or mad; delirious; out of one's senses
  2. foolish; demented

Noun

gyte (plural gytes)

  1. A madman; fool
  2. A first-year boy at the Royal High School, Edinburgh or Edinburgh Academy.

References

  • Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary 1952