gær
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse gerð (“yeast”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gær c (singular definite gæren, not used in plural form)
- yeast (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
- yeast (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
See also[edit]
- gær on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
gær
Usage notes[edit]
- Almost always used with í: see í gær
- The word can be reduplicated to indicate multiple days passed, e.g. í gær gær (“the day before yesterday, two days ago”)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
gær
- Alternative form of gor
Old Norse[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *gēz (“yesterday”).
Adverb[edit]
gær
- yesterday
- segit nu godir höfðingiar huat visse lagafrett su er Eymundr spurde i giar.
- Tell me this, good lords, what did the legal question relate to, that Eymundr asked about yesterday? (Ólafs saga helga)
- (rare) tomorrow
Descendants[edit]
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- Middle English lemmas
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- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
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