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laug

laug

Estonian

Noun

laug (genitive lau, partitive laugu)

  1. lid, eyelid

Declension

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /løyːɣ/
  • Rhymes: -øyːɣ

Noun

laug f (genitive singular laugar, nominative plural laugar)

  1. bath, pool

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag (law, rule)

Noun

laug n

  1. craft union
  2. (historical) guild
Inflection
Compounds
  • laugsbror
  • laugsvesen
  • laugsånd

Etymology 2

From Old Norse, related to Latin lavare (wash). Descendant can be found in the prefix of lørdag (Saturday) which in Old Norse was laugardagr

Noun

laug n

  1. (dated) bath, wash
Inflection

References

  • “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

laug

  1. past tense of ljuga and ljuge
  2. past tense of lyga and lyge

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lugъ.

Noun

laug

  1. meadow near a river