vagga

• IPA^(key): /ˈvakːa/

  Rhymes: -akːa

Answering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag and German wacken.

vagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)

1. (transitive, with dative) to move (something) back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
2. (intransitive) to move back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock

From Old Norse vagga (“cradle”), from the verb. Cognate with Faroese vøgga, Norwegian Nynorsk vogge, Swedish vagga, Danish vugge.

vagga f (genitive singular vöggu, nominative plural vöggur)

1. cradle

• vagge

From Old Norse vaga.

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑɡːɑ/

vagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagg/vagga)

1. to waddle, to rock, to sway
   • 1977, Kjartan Fløgstad, Dalen Portland:

     Den unge kvinna vaggar tungt over golvet.

     The young woman waddles heavily across the floor.

• “vagga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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vagga c

1. a cradle; a bed for a baby that can be oscillating or swinging back and forth
2. a cradle; the place where something has its origin

vagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)

1. to cradle, to rock (a baby to sleep)
2. to rock, to move gently back and forth

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