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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse haull, from Proto-Germanic *haulaz (“breach, rupture, hernia”). Cognate with Old English hēala (“rupture, hernia”).
Pronunciation
Noun
haull m (genitive singular hauls, nominative plural haular)
- (medicine) rupture, hernia
- Synonyms: hnútur, kviðslit
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