baugur
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse baugr (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”), from *beuganą (“to bend”). Cognate with Old English bēag.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]baugur m (genitive singular baugs, nominative plural baugar)
- ring
- armlet (of gold or silver) worn on the wrist
- (archaic) money
- the painted circle on a round shield
Usage notes
[edit]- Before minted gold and silver came into use in olden times, such rings (armlets) were used as a medium of payment. Hence baugur means "money".
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- baugeiður
- baugshelgur
- baugþak
- baugþiggjandi
- eiga kost á baugi/eiga á baugi (to have a (single) chance left)
- ef sá væri á baugi (if there were no other chance)
- þú munt eiga slíkan á baugi brátt (thou wilt soon have the very same chance)
- geislabaugur
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