dorg

See also: dørg

English

Noun

dorg (plural dorgs)

1. Pronunciation spelling of dog.

   The dorgs won't bite.

2. (slang) A man.
   • 1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 10:

     ‘You was always a lucky dorg, Mr. Skinnerlouse,’ Dan said, in a complimentary sort of way.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse dorg, from Proto-Germanic *durgō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to bind fast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔɹk/

Noun

dorg f (genitive singular dorgar, plural dergur)

1. minor fishing line

Declension

f10	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dorg	dorgin	dergur	dergurnar
accusative	dorg	dorgina	dergur	dergurnar
dative	dorg	dorgini	dorgum	dorgunum
genitive	dorgar	dorgarinnar	dorga	dorganna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

dorg

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of dørg