gær

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See also: gaer and gär

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gerð (yeast).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɛːr/, [ɡ̊ɛːˀɐ̯]

Noun

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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)

See also

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gær, gjár.

Adverb

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gær

  1. yesterday

Usage notes

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  • 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)

Middle English

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Noun

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gær

  1. Alternative form of gor

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gēz (yesterday).

Adverb

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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

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: í gær
  • Faroese: í gjár
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i går
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i går
  • Old Swedish: gār, ī gār
  • Danish: i går