hogg

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See also: högg, høgg, and Hogg

English

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Etymology

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See hogget (young sheep)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hogg (plural hoggs)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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hogg

  1. simple past of hogge
  2. imperative of hogge

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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hogg

  1. inflection of hogga:
    1. past
    2. imperative

Old English

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Etymology

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

Alternatively, perhaps from Celtic, compare Welsh hwch (sow), Cornish hoch (pig) (whence probably modern English hoggan (pork pasty));[1] however, the possibility of British Celtic origin [Watkins, etc.] is regarded by OED as "improbable.".[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hogg m (nominative plural hoggas)

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

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: hogge, hog

References

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  1. ^ Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionary of English (2010), page 834
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hog”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.