hugorm
Appearance
Danish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish hugorm, from Old Norse hǫggormr (“a serpent”). Equivalent to hugge + orm. Cognates include Icelandic höggormur, Faroese høggormur, Swedish huggorm and Norwegian hoggorm.
Noun
[edit]hugorm c (singular definite hugormen, plural indefinite hugorme)
- a viper, an adder, common European adder, Vipera berus
Declension
[edit]common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hugorm | hugormen | hugorme | hugormene |
genitive | hugorms | hugormens | hugormes | hugormenes |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “hugorm” in Den Danske Ordbog