bugge
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
Likely from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”).[1] Compare bigge (“powerful, strong”), Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge, Boggelmann (“goblin, snot”) from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”).
Noun edit
bugge
- bogy, hobgoblin, bugbear; scarecrow
- As a bugge either a man of raggis in a place where gourdis wexen kepith no thing, so ben her goddis of tree. — Wycliffe Bible, 1425, W:Letter of Jeremiah (W:Book of Baruch 6:69). loose translation of the Latin "Nam sicut in cucumerario formido nihil custodit, ita sunt dii illorum lignei...", in turn translating the Greek "Ωσπερ γαρ εν σικυηρατω προβασκανιον ουδεν φυλασσον, ουτως οι θεοι αυτων εισι ξυλινοι..."
References edit
- “bugge, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “98-102”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 98-102
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse buggi. Compare English big.
Noun edit
bugge m (definite singular buggen, indefinite plural buggar, definite plural buggane)
References edit
- “bugge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.