gjeta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • (to shepherd): gjete (e and split infinitives)
  • (to get): gjete (e infinitive)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gæta.

Verb

gjeta (present tense gjeter, past tense gjette, past participle gjett, passive infinitive gjetast, present participle gjetande, imperative gjet)

  1. to herd, shepherd, tend (animals)
  2. to guard, watch

Etymology 2

From Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną. Doublet of gjete through Danish gide.

Verb

gjeta (present tense gjet, past tense gat, supine gjete, past participle gjeten, present tense gjetande, imperative gjet)

  1. to guess
  2. to mention, talk about
  3. to bother to

References
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