håg

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, German hoch.

• IPA^(key): /hɔːɡ/, [ho̞ːɡ]

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.

• hæd
• hædd

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

• hug (from Old Swedish variant hugher)

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

• IPA^(key): /hoːɡ/

håg c

1. mind, mindset, temper, inclination

• håg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• håg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• håg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• håg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)