gjøa
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editgjøa n
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editgjøa f
Etymology 2
editCognate 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
editgjøa f (indeclinable)
- (folklore, Trøndelag) a period between February 12 and March 13 associated with black magic
- (folklore) a period in January, sometimes similar to Thorri
See also
editReferences
edit- O. Havdal (1968) Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700.