tjett

• tjätt
• tett

From Old Norse þéttr, from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz. Akin to English tight.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕetː/

tjett (comparative tjettene, superlative tjettest)

1. tight
2. close
3. dense

   hä vort tjettene vä trea å toke valfall

   the trees and tree debris became denser

• otjett

• tjettn (“become dense”)
• tjettom (“often, frequently”)
• tjettgres (“butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris”)

From Old Norse þétta, from þéttr.

tjett

1. (active verb) make dense, consolidate

   tjätt mjólka

   to thicken milk, make a type of fermented milk using butterwort or a spoonful of such fermented milk

From Old Norse þétti, from þéttr.

tjett m (definite singular tjettn)

1. rennet of butterwort whereby milk vessels are rubbed, so that the milk may thicken

• myrtjett m (“Pinguicula”)

Once the milk initially has become dense, only a small spoon of it is used to thicken additional strained milk.