hegg

See also: Hegg

Middle English

Noun

hegg

1. Alternative form of hegge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse heggr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛɡː/

Noun

hegg m (definite singular heggen, indefinite plural hegger or heggar, definite plural heggene or heggane)

1. a bird cherry tree, Prunus padus
   • 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Vaaren:

     […] Heggen og Tre, som der Blomar er paa, eg atter saag bløma.

     […] once again I saw the bird cherry and the flowering trees in bloom.

Derived terms

Compounds with hegg will in some standards use the old plural genitive heggje- (cf. Old Norse heggja).

• heggeblom
• heggebær
• heggeflaumen (“the second flood of Glåma in the spring”)
• heggelauv
• heggerose
• heggesmak
• heggevise

 

References

• “hegg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “hegg” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring