See also: gaer and gär

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gerð (yeast).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɛːr/, [ɡ̊ɛːˀɐ̯]

Noun

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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)

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gær, gjár.

Adverb

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gær

  1. yesterday

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Noun

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gær

  1. Alternative form of gor

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gēz (yesterday).

Adverb

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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

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  • Icelandic: í gær
  • Faroese: í gjár
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i går
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i går
  • Old Swedish: gār, ī gār
  • Danish: i går