hogg

See also: högg and høgg

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɒɡ/
• IPA^(key): /hɑɡ/, /hɔːɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡ
• Homophone: hog

Noun

hogg (plural hoggs)

1. A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of simple past) hogde

Verb

hogg

1. simple past of hogge
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of hogge

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

hogg

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of hogga
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of hogga

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Old English

Alternative forms

• hocg

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly derived from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoɡɡ/, [hoɡ]

Noun

hogg m (nominative plural hoggas)

1. hog, especially a castrated male (family Suidae)

Declension

Declension of hogg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hogg	hoggas
accusative	hogg	hoggas
genitive	hogges	hogga
dative	hogge	hoggum

Descendants

• Middle English: hog
  • English: hog