gyte

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

• “gyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gjota, gjote, gyta

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

• “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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡy.te/

Noun

gyte m

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

Inflection

Declension of gyte (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gyte	gytas
accusative	gyte	gytas
genitive	gytes	gyta
dative	gyte	gytum

Derived terms

• blōdgyte

Related terms

• ġēotan
• gutt

Descendants

• Middle English: gute, gyte, gite

Scots

Alternative forms

• gite, geit, geyt, gaet
• geite (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Adjective

gyte

1. crazy or mad; delirious; out of one's senses
   • 1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC:

     the gudeman's gane clean gyte, I think.

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