dågå

See also: Appendix:Variations of "daga" and daagaa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• dåggå

Etymology

From Old Norse dagar, plural of dagr (“day”).

Noun

dågå m

1. (dialectal) indefinite plural of dag
   • 1848, Norske Viser og Stev i Folkesproget, 2nd edition, page 104:

     Tu tri Daagaa høgſtan laut vi holde paa

     Two-three days at most we can endure it

   • 1802, Edvard Storm, “Skōgmøte has Torjer Skjeille”, in Laurents Hallager, Norsk Ordsamling, Sebastian Popp, page 160:

     Kan æg ſlike Daagaa bæra?

     Can I bear such days?

   • 1908, Ivar Kleiven, I gamle Daagaa:

     Tri Daagaa ette kom Kvinnfolke ut-paa Hougen att

     Three days later, the women came back up to the mound