tigga

• tigget
• tagg, tigde (simple past)
• tigd (past participle)

tigga

1. inflection of tigge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• tigge (e- and split infinitives)

From Old Norse þiggja, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.

tigga (present tense tiggar or tigg, past tense tigga or tagg, supine tigga or tigge, past participle tigga or tiggen, present participle tiggande, imperative tigg)

1. to beg

• tiggar
• tigging

• “tigga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish þiggia, from Old Norse þiggja (“to receive”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.

tigga (present tigger, preterite tiggde, supine tiggt, imperative tigg)

1. to beg (as a beggar)

   Synonym: (archaic) bettla

   en tiggare som sitter på gatan och tigger (pengar)

   a beggar who sits on the street and begs (for money)

   försörja sig genom att tigga

   make a living by begging

   På en vecka lyckades hon bara tigga ihop 500 kronor

   In a week, she only managed to earn 500 kronor through begging [only managed to beg together 500 kronor]

   1. to panhandle
2. (figuratively, more or less weakened) to beg, to ask for

   tigga om några dagar ledigt

   beg for a few days off

   1. to scrounge

      tigga till sig en cigarett

      scrounge [beg to oneself] a cigarette

• (to plead with someone): tigga och be

• tiggare (“beggar”)
• tiggande
• tigga sig till
• tiggeri

• be

• tigga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tigga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tigga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)