tytte

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tytte

1. simple past of tyte

Alternative forms

• tøt, tøyt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

• tøtte
• (non-standard since 2012) tytta, tøtta

Noun

tytte f (definite singular tytta, indefinite plural tytter, definite plural tyttene)

1. (rare, colloquial) woman, girl

Etymology 2

Verb

tytte

1. (dialectal) past tense of tykkja
   • 1879, Hallvard Bergh, Sogur m.m. fraa Valdris og Hallingdal [Tales from Valdres and Hallingdal], Kristiania: Det norske Samlags forl., page 5:

     […] o i di sama vart ho te ei fine Jomfrue, o no tytte Guten, ho va endaa finare fyste Gonge.

     And then, she turned into a fair maiden, and now the lad thought, she was even fairer than the first time.