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April 20, 2009 by The Judge
Filed under Words and Phrases
In its earliest use in English it meant “powerful, strong” and it was not until the 16th century that it took on the meaning of “large”.
It occurs originally in northern texts, only slowly spreading south, which suggests that it may be of Scandinavian origin.
Some have compared the Norwegian dialect bugge, meaning “important man”.
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