Dugga

Old Norse Dictionary - dugga

Meaning of Old Norse word "dugga" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

dugga Old Norse word can mean:

dugga: u, f. a ‘dogger,’ small (Dutch or Engl.) fishing vessel, Ann. 1413, where it is reported that thirty English ‘fiski-duggur’ came fishing about Icel. that summer; (hence the Engl. Dogger-bank):—duggari, a, m. the crew of a dugga, D. n. ii. 651.

dugga: 2. a lazy dogged fellow, Edda (GL), Trist. (Fr.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

gl.: glossary.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Fr.: French in etymologies.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

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