gjár
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Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse gær, gjár, from Proto-Germanic *gēz (“yesterday”).
Adverb
[edit]gjár
- yesterday
- Blaðið frá í gjár.
- The paper from yesterday.
Usage notes
[edit]Usually only appears in the phrase í gjár or in compounds like gjárkvøld.
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *gēz (“yesterday”).
Adverb
[edit]gjár
- 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)
Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese adverbs
- Faroese terms with usage examples
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse adverbs
- Old Norse terms with usage examples