See also: kuga and kuģa

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From Old Norse kúga (to cow, to force). Cognates with the Danish kue, English cow and Swedish kuva.

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kúga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kúgaði, supine kúgað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to force, to cow
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to oppress

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kúga

  1. to cow, to force, to tyrannize over

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Descendants edit

  • Danish: kue
  • English: cow
  • Faroese: kúga
  • Icelandic: kúga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kua
  • Swedish: kuva

References edit

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press