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Where does “dólgur” come from?

dólgur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse dólgr — enemy, fiend.

dólgur (Icelandic): bully, ruffian

Definitions

  1. bully, ruffian

Ancestry of “dólgur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedólgrenemy, fiend

Words derived from “dólgur”

  • melludólgur
  • dólgslegur
Every word from Old Norse dólgr →