gær

See also: gaer and gär

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gerð (“yeast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛːr/, [ɡ̊ɛːˀɐ̯]

Noun

gær c (singular definite gæren, not used in plural form)

1. yeast (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
2. yeast (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

See also

• gær on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gær, gjár.

Adverb

gær

1. yesterday

Usage notes

• 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

Noun

gær

1. alternative form of gor

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæːr/ (early Kentish)
• Rhymes: -ǣr

Noun

ġǣr n (early Kentish)

1. alternative form of ġēar

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġǣr	ġǣr
accusative	ġǣr	ġǣr
genitive	ġǣres	ġǣra
dative	ġǣre	ġǣrum

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• gjár

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gēz (“yesterday”).

Adverb

gær

1. 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)

2. (rare) tomorrow

Descendants

• Icelandic: í gær
• Faroese: í gjár
• Norwegian Nynorsk: i går; (dialectal) i gjær, i gjår; ⇒ gårsdag, gårdag
• Old Swedish: gār, ī gār
  • Swedish: i går, gårdag
• Danish: i går, gårsdag
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i går, gårsdag