Icelandic

Noun

Ragga f ‎(genitive singular Röggu, nominative plural Röggur)

1. a five thousand Icelandic krónur banknote

   Lánaðu mér eina Röggu, ég ætla að fá mér farát.

Declension

English

Noun

ragga ‎(uncountable)

1. (music) a subgenre of reggae that incorporates hip hop, rhythm and blues and sampling; dancehall

See also

• raga

Swedish

Etymology

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg ‎(“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with a 1950s subculture of raggare. Swedish Wikipedia mentions that ragga is trucker slang (åkarslang), but doesn't cite any source.

Verb

ragga ‎(present raggar, preterite raggade, supine raggat, imperative ragga)

1. (dialect, Småland: gå å ragga) to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down^[1]
2. (reflexive, dialect, Hälsingland: ragga sej) to regret^[2]
3. (ragga till) to bristle^[3]
4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars)^[4]
5. to search, look for, recruit (sponsors, supporters, new members)
   • 2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2

     BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen

     Blekinge Institute of Technology recruits students in Latvia and Lithuania

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ RAGG: RAGGA 2 in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
2. ↑ RAGGA SEJ in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
3. ↑ "Ragg: avledning Ragga" in ragga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online. (letter R edited in 1956)
4. ↑ ragga in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)