havfrue

From Danish havfrue.

havfrue (plural havfrues)

1. (mythology) A type of mermaid of Danish folklore.
   • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 153:

     A girl one time fell into the power of a Havfrue and passed fifteen years in her submarine abode without ever seeing the sun.

From hav (“sea”) +‎ frue (“wife, lady”).

• IPA^(key): /hav.fruːə/, [ˈhɑʊ̯.ˌfʁ̥uːə]

havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer)

1. (mythology) a mermaid

“havfrue” in Den Danske Ordbog

From hav +‎ frue.

• IPA^(key): /haːv.frʉːe/, [ˈhaːʋ.ˌfɾʉʷːə]

havfrue f or m (definite singular havfrua or havfruen, indefinite plural havfruer, definite plural havfruene)

1. (mythology) a mermaid

• “havfrue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• havfru

From hav +‎ frue.

havfrue f (definite singular havfrua, indefinite plural havfruer, definite plural havfruene)

1. (mythology) a mermaid

• “havfrue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.