truge

See also: trüge

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

truge f or m (definite singular truga or trugen, indefinite plural truger, definite plural trugene)

1. (footwear) a snowshoe

   Synonym: snøsko

References

• “truge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

moderne truger

Inherited from Old Norse [Term?]. Compare Icelandic þrúga f, Old Norse þrjúgr m, Swedish tryga f (“snowshoe for a horse”) and dialectal Swedish tryg m. Erik Pontoppidan in Glossarium Norvagicum (1749) gives two different spellings: Mand-Trouviæ for a human snowshoe and Tryer (plural) for horse snowshoes. Also attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1780) in Spydeberg dialect spelled as Truer (plural).

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2012): truga m, trug m
• true (Romerike, Austfold)
• tryge, tryve (Hallingmål, Setesdal dialect, Telemark dialect)

Noun

truge f (definite singular truga, indefinite plural truger, definite plural trugene)

1. (footwear) a snowshoe

   Synonym: snøsko

2. basket on a ski pole that prevents it from going too deep

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þrúga.

Alternative forms

• true, trua
• truga (a-infinitive)

Verb

truge (present tense trugar, past tense truga, past participle truga, passive infinitive trugast, present participle trugande, imperative truge/trug)

1. to threaten

Derived terms

• trugsel m, trussel m

References

• “truge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.