gjøa

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gjøene

Noun

gjøa n

1. definite plural of gjø

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

gjøa f

1. definite singular of gjø

Etymology 2

Cognate with Icelandic góa. As a period after February, known at least from South-Western Trøndelag. In other places may be intermixed with Thorri. Attested as Giøe by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect, referring to a period in January.

Noun

gjøa f (indeclinable)

1. (folklore, Trøndelag) a period between February 12 and March 13 associated with black magic
2. (folklore) a period in January, sometimes similar to Thorri

See also

• terre
• kvina

References

• O. Havdal (1968) Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700.