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Structures like "skulle gjort" and "skulle gjøre"

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I have mostly self-learned Norwegian without much emphasis on grammar. Occasionally I see expressions like "skulle gjort", sometimes with "gjort" replaced by another verb. I would expect to see the verb in infinitive (but without "å") after verbs like "må", "kan", "skal", etc., including different tenses of them. Alternatively, I would expect "skulle ha gjort".

Is there a difference between "skulle gjøre" and "skulle gjort"? Or is "skulle gjort" simply a version with omitted "ha"? Does this construction have a name?

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As a Norwegian speaker, I often use "skulle (nok) (ha) gjort" if I am disappointed that I failed to get something done, and that it is now too late to do it, and regret my mistake. For instance, an action bound to a specific event. Now that this event has passed, it is too late to do it. I use "skulle gjøre" more about less serious things, such as chores, that I simply postponed, either due to a lack of time, or lack of motivation. Example: "I was going to do it, but didn't get so far yet". On the other hand, "skulle ha gjort det" = "I should've done it".