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English

Noun

ragg (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) ragstone

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫgg. Akin to English rag.

Pronunciation

Noun

ragg n (definite singular ragget, uncountable)

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

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Swedish

Etymology 1

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
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Etymology 2

Deverbal from ragga.

Noun

ragg n

  1. (colloquial) a person one has (successfully) hit on, a hookup, pickup
    att få ett ragg
    to successfully pick someone up
    hans senaste ragg
    his latest hookup
  2. (colloquial) an instance of hitting on someone, a pickup
    ett bra ragg
    a good way of hitting on someone
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