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bevåg

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Low German bewach, bewech (“deliberation”). Likely further influenced by våga (“dare”, verb), thus by surface analysis, be- (“en-”) +‎ våga (“dare”).[1] Cognate with German bewegen. First attested in 1620[2].

Noun

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bevåg

  1. only used in på eget bevåg

References

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  1. ^ “bevåg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
  2. ^ “bevåg”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
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