hamskifte

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Danish

Etymology

ham (“skin”) +‎ skifte (“change”)

Noun

hamskifte

  1. (mythology, fantasy) shapeshifting
    • 2015, Niels Hein, Ulv!: Dyret - myten - fremtiden, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Fænomenet hamskifte har også dette lovløse aspekt. Det er en bogstavelig forvandling til ulv. Hamskifte skal ikke forveksles med varulve, som vi kender fra middelalderens overtro eller fra nutidens popkultur.
      The phenomenon of shape-shifting also has this lawless aspect. It is a literal transformation into wolf. Shape-shifting should not be confused for werewolves, which we know from Medieval superstition or from present-day pop culture.
    • 2011, Annette Lassen, Odin på kristent pergament, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 247:
      Jeg har nævnt, at sejd anvendes i forbindelse med kampene i Gǫngu-Hrólfs saga. Heller ikke synskhed endsige evnen til hamskifte er forbeholdt guder.
      I have mentioned that seiðr is used in connection to the fight scenes in the saga of Gǫngu-Hrólf. Nor is psychicness, let alone the ability of shape-shifting preserved for the gods.

Declension

Declension of hamskifte
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hamskifte hamskiftet hamskifter hamskifterne
genitive hamskiftes hamskiftets hamskifters hamskifternes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ham (“outer skin, fur, feathers”) +‎ skifte.

Noun

hamskifte n (definite singular hamskiftet, indefinite plural hamskifter, definite plural hamskifta or hamskiftene)

  1. (zoology, also figurative) shedding of skin, moult, moulting

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From ham (“outer skin, fur, feathers”) +‎ skifte.

Noun

hamskifte n (definite singular hamskiftet, indefinite plural hamskifte, definite plural hamskifta)

  1. (zoology, also figurative) shedding of skin, moult, moulting

References

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