gyte

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse gjóta. === Verb === gyte (imperative gyt, present tense gyter, passive gytes, simple past gjøt or gytte, past participle gytt, present participle gytende) to spawn (of fish) === References === “gyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === gjota, gjote, gyta === Etymology === From Old Norse gjóta, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. === Verb === gyte (present tense gyter or gyt, past tense gytte or gaut, past participle gytt or gote, passive infinitive gytast, present participle gytande, imperative gyt) (of fish) to spawn === References === “gyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *guti, from Proto-Germanic *gutiz (“gush, outflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Old Frisian gete, Old High German guz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡy.te/ Rhymes: -y.te === Noun === gyte m pouring shedding (of blood, sweat, tears) inundation, flood ==== Inflection ==== Strong i-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== blōdgyte ==== Related terms ==== ġēotan gutt ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: gute, gyte, gite == Scots == === Alternative forms === gite, geit, geyt, gaet geite (obsolete) === Etymology === Unknown. Also found in Northern English dialects. In the "boy" sense, possibly from get (“offspring”). === Adjective === gyte crazy or mad; delirious; out of one's senses foolish; demented === Noun === gyte (plural gytes) A madman; fool A first-year boy at the Royal High School, Edinburgh or Edinburgh Academy. === References === Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary 1952