gyta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gyte (e and split infinitives)
• gjota (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse gjóta, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.

Verb

gyta (present tense gyter or gyt, past tense gytte or gaut, past participle gytt or gote, passive infinitive gytast, present participle gytande, imperative gyt)

1. to spawn (of fish)

References

• “gyta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Verb

gyta

1. first-person singular past subjunctive active of gjóta