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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Pronunciation
Noun
taug f (genitive singular taugar, nominative plural taugar)
- rope, line, cable
- nerve
Declension
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Noun
taug (definite singular taugi, indefinite plural tauger, definite plural taugene)
- (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of tau
Etymology 2
From earlier and Old Norse tog (“rope”), from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Noun
taug
- (dialectal, Setesdal, Vikværsk) a rope
See also
tog, tau (Nynorsk)
Etymology 3
Adjective
taug (neuter taugt, definite singular and plural tauge, comparative taugare, indefinite superlative taugast, definite superlative taugaste)
- slowish
References
- “taug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Noun
taug f (genitive taugar)
- string, rope
Declension
Declension of taug (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “taug”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press