gjóta

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Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse gjóta, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. Cognate with Swedish gjuta, Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk gyte, Danish gyde, Old English ġēotan, Dutch gieten.

Verb[edit]

gjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gaut, third-person plural past indicative gutu, supine gotið)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to spawn, to give birth to
Conjugation[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
  • (to give birth to): ala

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

gjóta f (genitive singular gjótu, nominative plural gjótur)

  1. hollow, hole
Declension[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (to pour).

Verb[edit]

gjóta (singular past indicative gaut, plural past indicative gutu, past participle gotinn)

  1. to pour
  2. to cast
  3. (by extension) to spawn

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: gjóta
  • Faroese: gýta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjota, gyta
  • Dalian:
  • Old Swedish: giūta
  • Danish: gyde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gyte
  • Gutnish: giauta

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