gyte

From Old Norse gjóta

gyte (imperative gyt, present tense gyter, passive gytes, simple past gjøt or gytte, past participle gytt, present participle gytende)

1. (of fish) to spawn

• “gyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• gyta

From Old Norse gjóta

gyte (present tense gyter or gyt, past tense gytte or gaut, past participle gytt or gote, passive infinitive gytast, present participle gytande, imperative gyt)

1. (of fish) to spawn

• “gyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• gite, geit, geyt, gaet
• geite (obsolete)

Unknown. Also found in Northern English dialects. In the "boy" sense, possibly from get (“offspring”).

gyte

1. crazy or mad; delirious; out of one's senses

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

2. foolish; demented

gyte (plural gytes)

1. A madman; fool
2. A first-year boy at The Royal High School, Edinburgh or Edinburgh Academy.

• Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary 1952