ragg

English

Noun

ragg (uncountable)

1. (archaic) ragstone

Anagrams

• Garg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫgg. Akin to English rag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑɡː/

Noun

ragg n (definite singular ragget, uncountable)

1. coarse fur, bristles (hair of an animal, especially unordered, wild, rugged, shaggy hair)

Derived terms

• raggete

References

• “ragg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫgg, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“coarse, rough”).

Same as Danish rag, Icelandic rogg, Norwegian ragg, Old English adjective raggig and English noun rag, Icelandic rýja (“to rip the wool from sheep, to shear”), Latin ruo (“to rip, dig”) and rutrum (“a shovel”). In older times, wool was not cut or shorn from sheep, but ripped or torn off.

Noun

ragg c

1. coarse fur, bristles (hair of an animal, especially unordered, wild, rugged, shaggy hair)

   resa ragg (also: resa borst, ragga till)

   to bristle

Declension

Declension of ragg
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ragg	raggen	—	—
Genitive	raggs	raggens	—	—

Related terms

• raggen
• raggig
• raggmunk
• raggsocka

See also

• ragga
• raggare

References

• ragg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)