gær

From Old Norse gerð (“yeast”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛːr/, [ɡ̊ɛːˀɐ̯]

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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From Old Norse gær, gjár.

gær

1. yesterday

• 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”)

gær

1. alternative form of gor

• gjár

From Proto-Germanic *gēz (“yesterday”).

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

• Icelandic: í gær
• Faroese: í gjár
• Norwegian Nynorsk: i går; (dialectal) i gjær, i gjår; ⇒ gårsdag, gårdag
• Old Swedish: gār, ī gār
  • Swedish: i går, gårdag
• Danish: i går, gårsdag
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i går, gårsdag