draug

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English

Noun

draug (plural draugs)

  1. Alternative form of draugr

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Icelandic

Noun

draug

  1. inflection of draugur:
    1. indefinite accusative singular
    2. indefinite dative singular

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse draugr.

Noun

draug m (definite singular draugen, indefinite plural drauger, definite plural draugene)

  1. (mythology) draugr; a corporeal undead from Norse mythology, usually believed to be living in water, although land-drauger are also heard of.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse draugr.

Pronunciation

Noun

draug m (definite singular draugen, indefinite plural draugar, definite plural draugane)

  1. (mythology) a corporeal undead from Norse mythology and Norwegian folklore, usually believed to be living in water, although land-draugar are also heard of.
    • 1859, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Naar ikke lenger du elska kan:
      Og liver Nokon, som ikke Liv af Kjærleik saug, daa gjeng han atter og sviv og driv som bleike Draug.
      If someone lives, who did not draw his life from love, then he walks about, wandering aimlessly, like the pale ghost.

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Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

draug

  1. second