gjø

• IPA^(key): /jøː/
• Rhymes: -øː

From Old Norse geyja.

gjø (present tense gjør, past tense gjødde, past participle gjødd)

1. (intransitive) to bark

   Synonym: bjeffe

gjø n (definite singular gjøet, indefinite plural gjø, definite plural gjøa or gjøene)

1. barking

• gøy (Nynorsk)

Apocopy of the longer form gjøde, from Old Norse gœða, from Proto-Germanic *gōdijaną (“to make good, improve”). Akin to Swedish göda.

• gjøde (long form)

gjø (present tense gjør, past tense gjødde, past participle gjødd)

1. (transitive) to feed with the purpose of having the recipient (often an animal) gain weight
2. (reflexive) to self-indulge
3. to fertilize

• “gjø” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “gjø” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /jøː/
• Rhymes: -øː

Apocopy of the longer gjøda, from Old Norse gœða, from Proto-Germanic *gōdijaną (“to make good, improve”). Akin to Swedish göda.

• gjøda (long form with a-infinitive)
• gjøde (long form with e- or split infinitive)

gjø (present tense gjør, past tense gjødde, supine gjødd or gjødt, past participle gjødd, present participle gjødande, imperative gjø)

1. (transitive) to feed with the purpose of having the recipient (often an animal) gain weight
2. (reflexive) to self-indulge
3. to fertilize

• gjødning
• gjødsel
• gjøkalv

• god

From Old Norse gói, gœ. Cognate with Icelandic góa and Swedish gya/göja. Attested as Giø-Maana by David Klim in the second half of the 17th century. Attested as Giøe by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect, referring to a period in January (perhaps confusing with Thorri). Attested by Hans Jacob Wille in 1786 as Giø, synonymous with February.

• go (Namdal and Sparbu)
• jo (Nordmøre)

gjø f (definite singular gjøa, indefinite plural gjøer, definite plural gjøene)

1. (folklore, Trøndersk, Nord-Gudbrandsdalen) a period between February 12 and March 13 associated with black magic
2. (Gausdal and Seljord) old name of February
3. (Telemål) old name of April

• terre (“the month before February 12”), torre
• kvina (“March 14 to April 12”)
• krikle (“April”)

• O. Havdal (1968) Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700.
• Arnbjørg Hageberg, Lars S. Vikør (2002). Norsk Ordbok, bind 4. Page 293.

Related to gøyr.

gjø f (definite singular gjøa, indefinite plural gjøer, definite plural gjøene)

1. a swelling and pain in hand or wrist due to over-exertion

• “gjø” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.