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Noun [English]

Forms: gygers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gyger (plural gygers)
  1. Alternative spelling of jigger (“door”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: jigger (extra: door)
    Sense id: en-gyger-en-noun-b8zigJuk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /¹jʏːɡər/, /¹jʏɡər/ Forms: gygra [definite, singular], gygrar [indefinite, plural], gygrer [indefinite, plural], gygrane [definite, plural], gygrene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse gýgr. Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|gýgr}} Old Norse gýgr
  1. (folklore, Norse mythology) a giantess, female jotun, female troll Tags: Norse, feminine Categories (topical): Female, Folklore, Norse mythology Related terms: jøtul, jotun
    Sense id: en-gyger-nn-noun-F74G0mCQ Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences Synonyms: skjesse, jøtulkvinne, gygr (alt: pre-1901 (Landsmål)), gjure, gjøgr, gyvr, gyr, gjør, gjuvr, gjur, gjure [dialectal] Derived forms: gardgyger, gygrande, gygrar-, gygrebeist, gygreberg, gygrebrekk, gygrebrisk, gygredotter, gygrefele, gygrefis, gygregand, gygregap, gygregard, gygregras, gygregryte, gygreheim, gygrehest, gygretråvar (english: wolf), gygrehole, gygrehovud, gygrehår, gygrekjerring, gygrekling, gygrekost, gygremann, gygremjøl (english: Byssus pulverulenta flava), gygremor, gygrenamn, gygreris, gygrerop, gygrerygg, gygreråd, gygresal, gygresegn, gygreskjesse, gygreskodde, gygreslag, gygresleg, gygreslott, gygresol, gygresop, gygresopl, gygresovl, gygresopp, gygresote, gygrestein, gygrestig, gygrestove, gygresyster, gygreså, gygretev, gygretrapp, gygretull, gygrgrep, gygrkvern, havgyger, margyger (english: female sea monster), ovgyger, pestgyger, risgygre, skrevegyger, skumegyger, ugyger

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Norse gýgr. Possibly related to Sanskrit गुहति (gúhati, “he hides”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|gýgr}} Old Norse gýgr, {{cog|sa|गुहति||he hides|tr=gúhati}} Sanskrit गुहति (gúhati, “he hides”) Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} gyger
  1. (obsolete, Norse mythology) female jotun; female giant Tags: Norse, obsolete Categories (topical): Norse mythology Synonyms: jättinna Related terms: jätte

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/¹jʏːɡər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/¹jʏɡər/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "pre-1901 (Landsmål)",
      "word": "gygr"
    },
    {
      "word": "gjure"
    },
    {
      "word": "gjøgr"
    },
    {
      "word": "gyvr"
    },
    {
      "word": "gyr"
    },
    {
      "word": "gjør"
    },
    {
      "word": "gjuvr"
    },
    {
      "word": "gjur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "gjure"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyger"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "gýgr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gýgr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "गुहति",
        "3": "",
        "4": "he hides",
        "tr": "gúhati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit गुहति (gúhati, “he hides”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse gýgr. Possibly related to Sanskrit गुहति (gúhati, “he hides”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "gyger",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "jätte"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish nouns",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms with obsolete senses",
        "sv:Norse mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female jotun; female giant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Norse",
          "Norse"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "jotun",
          "jotun"
        ],
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, Norse mythology) female jotun; female giant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jättinna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyger"
}

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