taug

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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taug f (genitive singular taugar, nominative plural taugar)

  1. rope, line, cable
  2. nerve

Declension

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    Declension of taug
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative taug taugin taugar taugarnar
accusative taug taugina taugar taugarnar
dative taug tauginni taugum taugunum
genitive taugar taugarinnar tauga tauganna

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

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taug (definite singular taugi, indefinite plural tauger, definite plural taugene)

  1. (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of tau

Etymology 2

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From earlier and Old Norse tog (rope), from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

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taug

  1. (dialectal, Setesdal, Vikværsk) a rope

See also

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tog, tau (Nynorsk)

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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taug (neuter taugt, definite singular and plural tauge, comparative taugare, indefinite superlative taugast, definite superlative taugaste)

  1. slowish

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

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taug f (genitive taugar)

  1. string, rope

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: taug

References

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  • taug”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press