draug
English
Icelandic
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
draug m (definite singular draugen, indefinite plural drauger, definite plural draugene)
Derived terms
References
- “draug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dræʉɡ/
Noun
draug m (definite singular draugen, indefinite plural draugar, definite plural draugane)
- (mythology) a corporeal undead from Norse mythology and Norwegian folklore, usually believed to be living in water, although land-draugar are also heard of.
- 1859, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Naar ikke lenger du elska kan:
- Og liver Nokon, som ikke Liv af Kjærleik saug, daa gjeng han atter og sviv og driv som bleike Draug.
- If someone lives, who did not draw his life from love, then he walks about, wandering aimlessly, like the pale ghost.
Derived terms
- dodraug
- draugljos
References
- “draug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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