truge

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

truge f or m (definite singular truga or trugen, indefinite plural truger, definite plural trugene)

  1. (footwear) a snowshoe
    Synonym: snøsko

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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moderne truger

Inherited from Old Norse . Compare Icelandic þrúga f, Old Norse þrjúgr m, Swedish tryga f (“snowshoe for a horse”) and dialectal Swedish tryg m. Erik Pontoppidan in Glossarium Norvagicum (1749) gives two different spellings: Mand-Trouviæ for a human snowshoe and Tryer (plural) for horse snowshoes. Also attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1780) in Spydeberg dialect spelled as Truer (plural).

Alternative forms

Noun

truge f (definite singular truga, indefinite plural truger, definite plural trugene)

  1. (footwear) a snowshoe
    Synonym: snøsko
  2. basket on a ski pole that prevents it from going too deep

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þrúga.

Alternative forms

Verb

truge (present tense trugar, past tense truga, past participle truga, passive infinitive trugast, present participle trugande, imperative truge/trug)

  1. to threaten
Derived terms

References

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