gyger
English edit
Noun edit
gyger (plural gygers)
- Alternative spelling of jigger (“door”)
- 1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors:
- Towre ye, yander is the ken, dup the gyger and maunde that is beneship.
See you, yonder is the house, open the doore, and aske for the best.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gyger f (definite singular gygra, indefinite plural gygrar or gygrer, definite plural gygrane or gygrene)
Derived terms edit
- gardgyger
- gygrande
- gygrar-
- gygrebeist
- gygreberg
- gygrebrekk
- gygrebrisk
- gygredotter
- gygrefele
- gygrefis
- gygregand
- gygregap
- gygregard
- gygregras
- gygregryte
- gygreheim
- gygrehest, gygretråvar (“wolf”)
- gygrehole
- gygrehovud
- gygrehår
- gygrekjerring
- gygrekling
- gygrekost
- gygremann
- gygremjøl (“Byssus pulverulenta flava”)
- gygremor
- gygrenamn
- gygreris
- gygrerop
- gygrerygg
- gygreråd
- gygresal
- gygresegn
- gygreskjesse
- gygreskodde
- gygreslag
- gygresleg
- gygreslott
- gygresol
- gygresop, gygresopl, gygresovl
- gygresopp
- gygresote
- gygrestein
- gygrestig
- gygrestove
- gygresyster
- gygreså
- gygretev
- gygretrapp
- gygretull
- gygrgrep
- gygrkvern
- havgyger
- margyger (“female sea monster”)
- ovgyger
- pestgyger
- risgygre
- skrevegyger
- skumegyger
- ugyger
See also edit
References edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gýgr. Possibly related to Sanskrit गुहति (gúhati, “he hides”).[1]
Noun edit
gyger