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PRONUNCIATION OF BOYG

boyg  [bɔɪɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOYG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boyg is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOYG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bøyg

The Bøyg, also referred to as the "Great Bøyg of Etnedal", is a troll in the Scandinavian folklore of Gudbrandsdal and Telemark. Characterized as a giant, slimy serpent, it stands as a hindrance to travelers. It appears in the fairy tail of Per Gynt, the basis for Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt.

Definition of boyg in the English dictionary

The definition of boyg in the dictionary is a mythical troll-like creature, an ogre.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOYG

boyau
Boyce
boychik
boycott
boycotter
Boyd
Boyd Orr
Boyer
boyf
boyfriend
boyhood
boyish
boyishly
boyishness
boykie
boyla
Boyle
Boyle´s law
Boyne
boyo

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOYG

tyg

Synonyms and antonyms of boyg in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «boyg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOYG

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Translator English - Chinese

boyg
1,325 millions of speakers

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boyg
570 millions of speakers

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boyg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

boyg
380 millions of speakers
ar

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boyg
280 millions of speakers

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boyg
278 millions of speakers

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boyg
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boyg
260 millions of speakers

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boyg
220 millions of speakers

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Boyg
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Krumme
180 millions of speakers

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boyg
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

boyg
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bocah cilik
85 millions of speakers
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boyg
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

boyg
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहिरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boyg
70 millions of speakers

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boyg
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

boyg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

boyg
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boyg
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

boyg
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

boyg
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

boyg
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Bøygen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boyg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOYG»

The term «boyg» is normally little used and occupies the 118.512 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOYG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «boyg» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «boyg» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boyg

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOYG»

Discover the use of boyg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boyg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Space and Time in Epic Theater: The Brechtian Legacy
The Boyg is also related to the World Serpent that appears in many mythological traditions.10 The Norwegian folktale that was Ibsen's most immediate source tells of an encounter between the Boyg of Etnedal and a hunter called Per Gynt: ...
Sarah Bryant-Bertail, 2000
2
Our Dramatic Heritage
The great Boyg.29 peer gynt. I see! The riddle was black, and now it's gray. Out of my way, Boyg! the voice. Go roundabout, Peer! peer gynt. Straight through! [ Striking out.] He's down! [Tries to go on, but again is stopped.] What? Still more? the ...
Philip G. Hill, 1989
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Peer Gynt
Clear the way then, Boyg! THE VOICE. Go roundabout, Peer! PEER. No, through! [Cuts and slashes.] There he fell! [Tries to advance, but strikes against something] Ho ho, are there more here? THE VOICE. The Boyg, Peer Gynt! the one only ...
Henrik Ibsen, 2012
4
The Best Known Works of Ibsen
The Boyg. Peer [groping around]. Not dead, not living; all slimy, misty. Not so much as a shape! It's as bad as to battle in a cluster of snarling, half- awakened bears! [Screams.] Strike back at me, can't you! Voice. The Boyg isn't mad. Peer. Strike ...
Henrik Ibsen, 2004
5
Isben Studies
St. Olaf College. cannot be wounded; the Boyg who is sorely hurt; the Boyg who is dead, the Boyg who is alive ; the Boyg who wins without fighting — who merely stands in our way and cries: "Go around — take the easiest way. Why struggle?
St. Olaf College, 1934
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In Solitude, for Company: W.H. Auden After 1940, Unpublished ...
... the division between objective and subjective becomes apparent,15 either we discover within ourselves a subjective passion for becoming, or we freeze into that passionless Great Boyg of self-love where 'Backward or forward, it's just as far.
Wystan Hugh Auden, Katherine Bucknell, Nicholas Jenkins, 1995
7
The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale
on Boyg's work so far as it can be carried on; and about Boyg's death or disappearance he knows the little that can be known. It was when I finally ran him to earth in a little house full of Boyg's books and instruments, at the bottom ofthe hilljust ...
G. K. Chesterton, 2012
8
The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-Five Lessons That Will Build ...
Discovered by Dr. Anyon Boyg on a research trip into the jungles ofIndia, these salts have been used by native health practitioners for thousands of generations. “My background in western medicine made me skeptical,” said Dr. Boyg, “but the  ...
Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn
9
To the Third Empire: Ibsen's Early Drama
with the Boyg, suggestive of the utmost reaches of Peer's subconscious. The Boyg is difficult to define because it is the very riddle of the subconscious, the matrix, like the Freudian id, of the energies and powers that the individual must harness ...
Brian Johnston, 1980
10
Ibsen's Women
In a coda to the great troll scene, the collapse of the mountain propels Peer to the bottom of his nightmare, where he meets the Great Boyg, the "Great Bender," an enormous and invisible troll. The taunting, ubiquitous Boyg traps Peer in slime ...
Joan Templeton, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOYG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term boyg is used in the context of the following news items.
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Freeloaders: Bro, do you even pay?
There will be a cookout party starting at 5pm, BOYB and music by BOYG. You're pretty when I'm drunk. Drink 'til it's Funny Stand-Up Comedy ... «Charleston City Paper, May 15»
2
The Immediate Family Adapts 'Peer Gynt'
(That's actually a judicious cut, but I'll go on record as really missing the excised Great Boyg.) Continue reading the main story ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
3
Peer Gynt, Barbican, London: An unforgettable take on Ibsen with a …
Punching a constantly repositioned looking glass of grey obstructive polythene represents his fight with the ectoplasmic Boyg. Is the self a gift ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
4
Let's keep pressure up!
Curiously, the most angry, sometimes even angrier than BoyG are those who are abroad. Guys like Rodel Rodis found themselves exiled in the ... «Philippine Star, Sep 13»
5
Pete's Candy Store Hosts a Spelling Bee for Adults
Another contestant managed “stylopharyngeus” but stumbled over the short but thorny “boyg,” a Norwegian borrowing that means “a formless ... «New York Times, Aug 13»
6
In Selfish Sons and Trolls, Swollen Egos Stride the Stage
... to escape from their clutches he encounters a mysterious voice (Ibsen's Boyg) who reflects back to Peter his own watery consciousness. «New York Times, Apr 13»
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Review: Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony …
"Go around," says the voice in his head; it belongs to an invisible shape-shifter, known as the Boyg. Pursued by the devil, Peer returns to ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jan 13»
8
Toronto sculptors win big in Oslo
... kind), nixies, "troll-urchins" (a perhaps redundant term), gnomes, fairy kings, dewy dairy maids and a giant worm monster called a Boyg. «Globe and Mail, May 10»
9
Freak wave drags boy to his death
Police this morning named the boyg as Jago Hohua Te Rangi Kara, from Hastings. The case has been referred to the coroner. Jago was ... «The Dominion Post, Jan 08»
10
Weighing delight and dole
... Gynt, though it raised many questions regarding its conception and the wisdom of identifying the Sphinx with the Boyg, was quite spectacular. «Al-Ahram Weekly, Dec 06»

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