håg

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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

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.

References

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

håg c

  1. mind, mindset, temper, inclination

Declension

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