Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse eykt, from Proto-Norse *ᛃᚨᚢᚲᛁᛞᛟ (*jaukido /⁠*jaukidō⁠/), from the verb *ᛃᚨᚢᚲᛁᚨᚾ (*jaukian /⁠*jaukian⁠/).[1]

Noun edit

øykt f (definite singular øykta or øykti, indefinite plural øykter, definite plural øyktene)

  1. a session, especially of work between mealtimes
  2. a while

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • “øykt” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal MagnússonÍslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)