taug

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰøyːɣ/ Rhymes: -øyːɣ === Noun === taug f (genitive singular taugar, nominative plural taugar) rope, line, cable nerve ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== brjósttaug sjóntaug (“optic nerve”) skyntaug (“sensory nerve”) taugalæknir (“neurologist”) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === (Setesdal) IPA(key): [ta̝u̯ːɡ] (Vikværsk) IPA(key): /tæʉː/, /tæʋː/ IPA(key): /tœʉːɡ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō. ==== Noun ==== taug (definite singular taugi, indefinite plural tauger, definite plural taugene) (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of tau === Etymology 2 === From earlier and Old Norse tog (“rope”), from Proto-Germanic *taugō. ==== Noun ==== taug (dialectal, Setesdal, Vikværsk) a rope ==== See also ==== tog, tau (Nynorsk) === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== taug (neuter taugt, definite singular and plural tauge, comparative taugare, indefinite superlative taugast, definite superlative taugaste) slowish === References === “taug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *taugō. === Noun === taug f (genitive taugar) string, rope ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== uptaug ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: taug === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “taug”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive