jugge
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Unknown, perhaps a variant of jubbe or from Old English ċēac. See English jug for more.
Noun
jugge (plural jugges)
- (Late Middle English, hapax) A container for liquor.
Descendants
- English: jug
References
- “jugge, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
jugge (plural jugges)
- Alternative spelling of juge (“judge”)
Etymology 3
Verb
jugge
- Alternative form of jugen (“to judge”)
Swedish
Etymology
Clipping of jugoslav + -e, probably by analogy with finne (“Finn”), skotte (“Scot”), gute (“Gotlander”) etc. Compare Icelandic Júkki.
Noun
jugge c
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person from a country that was part of Yugoslavia.
Declension
Declension of jugge
Related terms
References
Categories:
- Middle English terms with unknown etymologies
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Late Middle English
- Middle English hapax legomena
- Middle English verbs
- Swedish clippings
- Swedish terms suffixed with -e
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish colloquialisms
- Swedish derogatory terms