agg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒɡː]

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡː

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *soŋkɜ (“old, to grow old”).^[1][2]

Etymology 2

Same word as above. *soŋ(k)ɜ could have been both a noun and a verb, even if it has no verbal cognates. But it was influenced by aggódik (“to worry”).

See also

• aggat (“to hang, append, attach [multiple things]”) (related to akaszt)

References

Further reading

• (very old): agg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (to shrink, to worry, to age): agg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• agg in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Etymology

From Old Norse aga (“to threaten”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be depressed, afraid”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”), English ey and awe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɡː/

Noun

agg n (definite singular agget, uncountable)

1. enmity, ill will (often implying that the enmity is hidden)

Further reading

• “agg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• ag

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse eggja.

Verb

(Shetland) agg (third-person singular simple present aggs, present participle aggin, simple past agged, past participle agged)

1. to drive towards or against the shore
2. to be driven shorewards
3. to irritate (by teasing)

Further reading

• “agg, v.1 tr. and intr.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “agg”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎

Etymology

From Old Norse aga (“to threaten”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be depressed, afraid”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”), English ey and awe.

Noun

agg n

1. grudge, resentment, ill will

   hysa agg mot någon

   have a grudge against someone

References

• agg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• agg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• agg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)