The ancestor of 'to forget' meant "to lose hold of".
It was the opposite of 'to get'.
Speaking of 'to get', this verb is special: it only has cognates in the Nordic languages, such as Norwegian 'å gjeta'.
It was even borrowed from their Old Norse ancestor 'geta'.
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It was the opposite of 'to get'.
Speaking of 'to get', this verb is special: it only has cognates in the Nordic languages, such as Norwegian 'å gjeta'.
It was even borrowed from their Old Norse ancestor 'geta'.
Here's more:
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And ”gåta” (riddle)
gætte, v. [ˈgædə] -ede. vbs. -else (s. d.), -ning (s. d.), jf. Gætsel, Gætteri. (glda. d. s. (Lucid.11); egl. nydannet inf. til ænyd. glda. gæde (præt. gætte, part. gætt), bornh. gjädda, sv. dial. gäta; besl. m. I. Gaade, gide, gisse; jf. forgætte, gæte)