åg

See also: Aag and Appendix:Variations of "ag"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (yoke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːv/, [ɔːˀw]

Noun

åg n (singular definite åget, plural indefinite åg)

  1. yoke

Inflection


Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːɡ/
  • Homophone: òg

Etymology 1

From Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂.

Noun

åg f

  1. (dialectal, possibly archaic, Helgeland, Salten and Værøy) alternative form of å (creek)
    • 1996, Solbakk, Johann, “Frå Førneset til Vasshøvet”, in Årbok for Rana, volume 29, Rana historielag, page 109:
      Dette viser at elva ikkje alltid har vore sett på som ei skikkelig elv, men kanskje heller som ei mindre elv, ei åg []
      This shows that the river probably hasn't always been regarded as a proper river, but rather as a smeller stream, a creek []

Conjunction

åg

  1. eye dialect spelling of og

Adverb

åg

  1. eye dialect spelling of òg

References

  • “å”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eiga, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą (to possess, have, own).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /òːɣ/
    Rhymes: -òːɣ

Verb

åg (preterite ått or ågd or att or atte, supine ågt)

  1. to have, to own[1]

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk og and òg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /óː(ɣ)/
    Rhymes: -ɒ́ː, -ɒ́ːɣ, -óː, -óːɣ

Conjunction

åg

  1. and

Adverb

åg

  1. too, also, as well
Alternative forms

References

  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Åg”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 844
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