dǫgg

See also: dogg, dögg, and døgg

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• dag, dagh, dagg
• dogg
• dug, dugg

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dawwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”).

Noun

dǫgg f (genitive dǫggvar)

1. drizzle
2. misty shower (compare English borrowing: dag, “misty shower”)
3. mist, haze, fog
4. dew

Declension

Declension of dǫgg (strong wō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dǫgg	dǫggin	dǫggvar	dǫggvarnar
accusative	dǫgg	dǫggina	dǫggvar	dǫggvarnar
dative	dǫgg, dǫggu	dǫgginni, dǫggunni	dǫggum	dǫggunum
genitive	dǫggvar	dǫggvarinnar	dǫggva	dǫggvanna

Derived terms

• dǫggva (“to bedew; irrigate”)

Descendants

• Danish: dug
• Faroese: døgg
• Icelandic: dögg
• Norwegian Bokmål: dugg, dogg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dogg
• Swedish: dagg (“dew”)
• Swedish: dugg (“drizzle”)

Verb

dǫgg

1. second-person singular imperative of dǫggva (also: dǫggva)