halshugge

Danish

Etymology

hals (“neck”) +‎ hugge (“to cut”)

Verb

halshugge (imperative halshug, infinitive at halshugge, present tense halshugger, past tense halshuggede, perfect tense har halshugget)

1. To behead, decapitate; to cut off the head (execution)

Related terms

• halshugning

References

• “halshugge” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• halshogge (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From hals +‎ hugge

Verb

halshugge (imperative halshugg, present tense halshugger, passive halshugges, simple past halshugde or halshugg or halshugget, past participle halshugd or halshugget, present participle halshuggende)

1. to behead, decapitate (cut off someone's head)

References

• “halshugge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.