Old English · noun
gyte
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈɡy.te/
- Syllables
- ˈɡy · te (2 syllables)
Meaning
pouring
shedding (of blood, sweat, tears)
inundation, flood
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.
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