håg

See also: hag, haag, Hag, Haag, hág, and Hag.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hávir, plural of Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Compare Swedish hög, Danish høj, English high.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːɡ/, [ho̞ːɡ]

Adjective

håg (masculine and feminine håg, neuter hågt, definite singular and plural håge, comparative hægre, indefinite superlative hægst, definite superlative hægste)

1. (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of høg (“high, tall; loud”)

   Antonym: låg

   • 1917, Johannes Skar, “Villøykjen”, in Sogur (Gamalt or Sætesdal; 7), volume II, Kristiania: Norli, page 32:

     daa kom han paa ei grøn Slett inn-med ein kaldleg håg Stein i Skogjen.

     then he encountered a green flat-patch next to a very tall rock in the forest.

   • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, “Rundarne”, in Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860, page 98:

     Til lenger eg kom nordetter mot Rundarne, til hægre og digrare vardt baadi Fjøllryggen og Topparne.

     The further northward I got toward Rondane, the higher and larger became both the mountain ridge and the summits.

Related terms

• hæd
• hædd

References

• “haag” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Swedish

Alternative forms

• hug (from Old Swedish variant hugher)

Etymology

From Old Swedish hogher, from Old Norse hugr, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːɡ/

Noun

håg c

1. mind, mindset, temper, inclination

Declension

Declension of håg
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	håg	hågen	—	—
Genitive	hågs	hågens	—	—

Related terms

• farhåga
• glad i hågen
• hugad
• hugfästa
• hugskott
• hugsvala
• hågad
• hågkomst
• håglös
• ihåg
• räddhågad
• räddhågsen
• tvehågsen

References

• håg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• håg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• håg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• håg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)