øykt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse eykt, from Proto-Norse *ᛃᚨᚢᚲᛁᛞᛟ (*jaukido /⁠*jaukidō⁠/), from the verb *ᛃᚨᚢᚲᛁᚨᚾ (*jaukian /⁠*jaukian⁠/).[1]

Noun

øykt f (definite singular øykta or øykti, indefinite plural øykter, definite plural øyktene)

  1. a session, especially of work between mealtimes
  2. a while

Conjugation

References

  • “øykt” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  1. Ásgeir Blöndal MagnússonÍslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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