vardøger

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse varðhygi.

Noun

vardøger n (definite singular vardøgeret, indefinite plural vardøger, definite plural vardøgera)

  1. (folklore) a déjà vu in reverse, where the vardøger-spirit precedes a person in a location or activity, resulting in witnesses believing they've seen or heard the actual person before the person physically arrives. It can occur not only like a doppelganger of a person, but also a doppelganger of an animal or a car-driving person.

References

  1. ^ O. Havdal (1968) Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700