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tigga

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Norwegian Bokmål

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tigga

  1. inflection of tigge:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • tigge (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology

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From Old Norse þiggja, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.

Verb

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tigga (present tense tiggar or tigg, past tense tigga or tagg, supine tigga or tigge, past participle tigga or tiggen, present participle tiggande, imperative tigg)

  1. to beg

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish þiggia, from Old Norse þiggja (to receive), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.

Verb

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tigga (present tigger, preterite tiggde, supine tiggt, imperative tigg)

  1. to beg (as a beggar)
    en tiggare som sitter på gatan och tigger (pengar)
    a beggar who sits on the street and begs (for money)
    försörja sig genom att tigga
    make a living by begging
    På en vecka lyckades hon bara tigga ihop 500 kronor
    In a week, she only managed to earn 500 kronor through begging [only managed to beg together 500 kronor]
    1. to panhandle
  2. (figuratively, more or less weakened) to beg, to ask for
    tigga om några dagar ledigt
    beg for a few days off
    1. to scrounge
      tigga till sig en cigarett
      scrounge [beg to oneself] a cigarette

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