ryge
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse rjúka, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną, cognate with Swedish ryka, English reek, German riechen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ryge (past tense røg, past participle røget)
- (intransitive) to smoke (to give off smoke)
- (transitive) to smoke (to inhale and exhale tobacco smoke, to do so regularly or habitually)
- (transitive) to smoke (to preserve food with smoke)
- Synonym: røge
- (intransitive) to go, fall (quickly or suddenly)
Conjugation edit
Inflection of ryge
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ryge” in Den Danske Ordbog
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
- ryġi — early
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo- (compare Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Old Prussian rugis).
See also Old Frisian rogga (West Frisian rogge), Old Saxon roggo (Low German Rogg), Dutch rogge, Old High German rocko (German Roggen, Rocken), Old Norse rugr (Danish rug, Swedish råg).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ryġe m
Derived terms edit
- ruġern (“rye-harvest; the name of a month”)