ragg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫgg. Akin to English rag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑɡː/

Noun

ragg n (definite singular ragget, uncountable)

  1. coarse fur, bristles (hair of an animal, especially unordered, wild, rugged, shaggy hair)

References

Swedish

Etymology

Same as Danish rag, Icelandic rogg, Norwegian ragg, Old English adjective raggig and English noun rag, all based on an Indoeuropean root ru ("to rip, tear"), Icelandic rýja (“to rip the wool from sheep, to shear”), Latin ruo (“to rip, dig”) and rutrum (“a shovel”). In older times, wool was not cut or shorn from sheep, but ripped or torn off.

Noun

ragg c

  1. coarse fur, bristles (hair of an animal, especially unordered, wild, rugged, shaggy hair)
    resa ragg (also: resa borst, ragga till)
    to bristle

Declension

Declension of ragg 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative ragg raggen — —
Genitive raggs raggens — —

See also

References

  • ragg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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