gnaga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • gnage (e-infinitive)
  • gnågå, gnåggå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse gnaga. Akin to English gnaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡnɑːɡɑ/

Verb

gnaga (present tense gnagar or gneg, past tense gnaga or gnog, past participle gnaga or gnege, present participle gnagande, imperative gnag)

  1. to gnaw

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

  1. to gnaw

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Danish: gnave
  • Elfdalian: gnågå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gnage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gnage, graga
  • Swedish: gnaga
  • English: gnag

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gnagha, from Old Norse gnaga, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Verb

gnaga (present gnager, preterite gnagde, supine gnagt, imperative gnag)

  1. to gnaw
    gnaga på ett ben
    gnaw on a bone
  2. (figuratively) to gnaw, to nag
    gnagande tvivel
    nagging doubts

Conjugation

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