snøggr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Related to snauðr (bald, bare).[1]

Adjective

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snøggr

  1. (of hair, wool, grass, crop) short
  2. swift; fast; quick; rapid

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: snöggur
  • Faroese: snøggur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snøgg; (dialectal) snogg, snegg
  • Swedish: snögg, snygg
  • English: snug

References

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  1. ^ snygg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937