drög

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish drögh, from Old Norse drag (“longship sled/false keel”), derived from dra.

Noun

drög c

  1. dray, drag (kind of sled)
Declension
Declension of drög
nominative genitive
singular indefinite drög drögs
definite drögen drögens
plural indefinite drögar drögars
definite drögarna drögarnas

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Swedish *drøgher, Old Norse draugr, Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“delusion, mirage, illusion”).

Noun

drög m

  1. (folklore, archaic) draugr; ghost, phantom, vision (and thereof)
Alternative forms
  • (regional archaic) dröger m
  • (regional obsolete) draugr m

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