gyger

English

Noun

gyger (plural gygers)

  1. Alternative spelling of jigger (door)
    • 1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors:
      Towre ye, yander is the ken, dup the gyger and maunde that is beneship.
      See you, yonder is the house, open the doore, and aske for the best.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • gygr (pre-1901 (Landsmål))
  • gjure, gjøgr, gyvr, gyr, gjør, gjuvr, gjur, gjure (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse gýgr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹jʏːɡər/, /¹jʏɡər/
  • Hyphenation: gỳ‧ger

Noun

gyger f (definite singular gygra, indefinite plural gygrar or gygrer, definite plural gygrane or gygrene)

  1. (folklore, Norse mythology) a giantess, female jotun, female troll
    Synonyms: skjesse, jøtulkvinne

Derived terms

  • gardgyger
  • gygrande
  • gygrar-
  • gygrebeist
  • gygreberg
  • gygrebrekk
  • gygrebrisk
  • gygredotter
  • gygrefele
  • gygrefis
  • gygregand
  • gygregap
  • gygregard
  • gygregras
  • gygregryte
  • gygreheim
  • gygrehest, gygretråvar (wolf)
  • gygrehole
  • gygrehovud
  • gygrehår
  • gygrekjerring
  • gygrekling
  • gygrekost
  • gygremann
  • gygremjøl (Byssus pulverulenta flava)
  • gygremor
  • gygrenamn
  • gygreris
  • gygrerop
  • gygrerygg
  • gygreråd
  • gygresal
  • gygresegn
  • gygreskjesse
  • gygreskodde
  • gygreslag
  • gygresleg
  • gygreslott
  • gygresol
  • gygresop, gygresopl, gygresovl
  • gygresopp
  • gygresote
  • gygrestein
  • gygrestig
  • gygrestove
  • gygresyster
  • gygreså
  • gygretev
  • gygretrapp
  • gygretull
  • gygrgrep
  • gygrkvern
  • havgyger
  • margyger (female sea monster)
  • ovgyger
  • pestgyger
  • risgygre
  • skrevegyger
  • skumegyger
  • ugyger

See also

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gýgr. Possibly related to Sanskrit गुहति (gúhati, he hides).[1]

Noun

gyger

  1. (obsolete, Norse mythology) female jotun; female giant

Synonyms

See also

References

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