Estonian

Noun

laug ‎(genitive lau, partitive laugu)

1. lid, eyelid

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /løyːɣ/
• Rhymes: -øyːɣ

Noun

laug f ‎(genitive singular laugar, nominative plural laugar)

1. bath, pool

Declension

Derived terms

• lauga
• laugardagur
• sundlaug

Anagrams

• ugla

Norwegian

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag ‎(“law, rule”)

Noun

laug n

1. craft union
2. (historical) guild

Inflection

Compounds

• laugsbror
• laugsvesen
• laugsånd

Etymology 2

From Old Norse, related to Latin lavare ‎(“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of lørdag ‎(“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr

Noun

laug n

1. (dated) bath, wash

Inflection

References

• “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

laug

1. past tense of ljuga and ljuge
2. past tense of lyga and lyge

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lugъ.

Noun

laug

1. meadow near a river