hugorm

Danish

Etymology

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

hugorm c (singular definite hugormen, plural indefinite hugorme)

  1. a viper, an adder, common European adder, Vipera berus

Declension

Declension of hugorm
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hugorm hugormen hugorme hugormene
genitive hugorms hugormens hugormes hugormenes

Derived terms

  • hugormebid

References

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