varg

From var, a formation with -g suffix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to bind, hang (up)”).

varg m

1. row, range, file, chain

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• var

varg

1. indefinite accusative singular of vargur

From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.

varg m (definite singular vargen, indefinite plural varger, definite plural vargene)

1. a wolf

   Synonyms: gråtass, ulv, gråbein, skrubb

• “varg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.

varg m (definite singular vargen, indefinite plural vargar, definite plural vargane)

1. wolf
2. a lawless person, an outlaw

• “varg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

varg

1. indefinite accusative singular of vargr

From Old Swedish vargher, from Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Originally had the meaning "destroyer, criminal," but replaced the original word ulv as a noa-name (euphemistic taboo replacement). Compare gråben, tasse, etc.

• IPA^(key): /varj/

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• Rhymes: -arj

varg c

1. wolf (a canid)
   • 1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music), performed by Lena Nyman:

     Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill, men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt, i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.

     The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants, but cannot sleep. [The] hunger tears his wolf's belly, and it is cold, in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. You [or "Hey," as a kind of vocative] wolf, you wolf, do not come here [hither, to here]. My child you will never have.

   Vargarna ylade i skogen

   The wolves howled in the forest

   Synonyms: gråben, tasse, ulv

2. a tree with a large crown and thick branches which steals sunlight and space from other smaller trees
3. (colloquial) reject; a rejected defective product in a production line
   1. (colloquial, by extension) the damage itself on the product

• vaj

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

• grav

Compare Middle Persian gwlg (vorg, “wolf”), Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (varka-).

varg m

1. wolf