dugan

dugan

1. romanization of 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽

From Proto-West Germanic *dugan.

dugan

1. to have value

• Middle Dutch: dōgen
  • Dutch: deugen
    • Afrikaans: deug

• “dugan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɡɑn/, [ˈdu.ɣɑn]

dugan

1. to avail, to be of use, to serve
   • þonne his ellen dēah ― when his valour avails
2. to be fit or strong
3. to be good, for a purpose
   • Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiv.

     Wiþ latre meltunge. Olisatrum hātte wyrt sēo dēah tō drincanne.

     For late digestion; a wort hight olusatrum, which is good to drink.

   • Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume I, Fiveleaf, or Cinquefoil. III.

     Wiþ ǣlces dæġes mannes tȳddernysse inneweardes, nime þonne weġbrǣdan, dō on wīn and sūp þ wōs and et þā weġbrǣdan; ðonne dēah hit wið ǣġhwylcre innancundre unhǣlo.

     For every days tenderness of a man inwardly, let him take then waybread, put it in wine, and sip the juice and eat the waybread; then it is good for any inward unheal (infirmity).

• dyhtiġ
• dohtiġ
• duguþ

• Middle English: douen, dowen, duhen, duȝen
  • English: dow (obsolete)
  • Scots: dow

From Proto-West Germanic *dugan. Cognate with Old English dugan.

dugan

1. to avail, to serve
2. to be fit, to be strong
3. to be of good quality

• Middle Low German: dōgen
  • Low German: dögen

• IPA^(key): [duˈɡan]

dugan (nominative plural dugans)

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