hǫgg

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚺᚨᚷᚹᚨ (*hagwa /⁠haggwa⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *hawwą. Related to hǫggva (“to hew, strike”).

Noun

hǫgg n

1. a blow, strike

   hǫgg hamars

   a blow with a hammer

Declension

Declension of hǫgg (strong wa-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hǫgg	hǫggit	hǫgg	hǫggin
accusative	hǫgg	hǫggit	hǫgg	hǫggin
dative	hǫggvi	hǫggvinu	hǫggum	hǫggunum
genitive	hǫggs	hǫggsins	hǫggva	hǫggvanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: högg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hogg
• Norwegian Bokmål: hugg, hogg
• Old Swedish: hugg, hogg
  • Swedish: hugg
• Old Gutnish: hagg (without w-umlaut)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “högg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225; also available at the Internet Archive