"bugge" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Etymology: Likely from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare bigge (“powerful, strong”), Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge, Boggelmann (“goblin, snot”) from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”). Etymology templates: {{der|enm|gem-pro|*bugja-||swollen up, thick}} Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*bʰew-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, {{cog|no|bugge||big man}} Norwegian bugge (“big man”), {{cog|nds|Bögge}} Low German Bögge, {{ncog|gem-pro|*pūkô||a goblin, spook}} Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} bugge
  1. bogy, hobgoblin, bugbear; scarecrow
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