ragge
Middle English
/raɡ/
noun
Definitions
- rag, cloth scrap
- cloth strip, band of fabric
- raggy clothes
- unreadable handwriting
- (firm) stone
Etymology
Inherited from Old English *ragg derived from Old Norse rǫgg (shagginess, tuft) derived from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (long wool).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rawwō
Gloss
long wool
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cumrag English
- dishrag English
- do-rag English
- dustrag English
- head rag English
- jizzrag English
- rag English
- rag week English
- ragbag English
- ragbond English
- ragged English
- ragger English
- raggie English
- raggle English
- raggy English
- raghead English
- raghorn English
- ragleaf English
- raglike English
- ragman English
- ragpick English
- ragpicker English
- ragstone English
- ragtop English
- ragweed English
- ragwork English
- ragworm English
- ragwort English
- rug English
- shakerag English
- snotrag English
- stab-rag English
- tag-rag English
- toerag English
- washrag English
- *rawwō Proto-Germanic
- *rūhaz Proto-Germanic
- ragg Swedish
- ragg Norwegian Nynorsk
- *ragg Old English
- raggiġ Old English
- ragged Middle English
- raggy Middle English
- rugged Middle English
- raggaðr Old Norse
- rǫgg Old Norse