hogg
See also: högg and høgg
English
Etymology
See hogget (“young sheep”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɒɡ/
- (US) IPA(key): /hɑɡ/, /hɔːɡ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɡ
- Homophone: hog
Noun
hogg (plural hoggs)
- A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (of simple past) hogde
Verb
hogg
- simple past of hogge
- imperative of hogge
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
hogg
- past tense of hogga
- imperative of hogga
Old English
Alternative forms
- hocg
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly derived from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”).
Alternatively, perhaps from Celtic, compare Welsh hwch (“sow”), Cornish hoch (“pig”) (whence probably modern English hoggan (“pork pasty”))[1]; however, the possibility of British Celtic origin [Watkins, etc.] is regarded by OED as "improbable." [2].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xoɡɡ/, [hoɡ]
Noun
hogg m (nominative plural hoggas)
- hog, especially a castrated male (family Suidae)
Declension
Declension of hogg (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hogg | hoggas |
| accusative | hogg | hoggas |
| genitive | hogges | hogga |
| dative | hogge | hoggum |
Descendants
- Middle English: hogge, hog
- English: hog
- Scots: hogg, hog
References
- Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionary of English (2010), page 834
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “hog”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.