hagl

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble, hail”).

Cognate with Icelandic hagl, Norwegian hagl, Swedish hagel, Old English hægl and hagol (English hail), Old Frisian heil, Old High German hagal (German Hagel) and Old Saxon hagal (Low German Hagel), Dutch hagel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /havl/, [hɑwˀl]

Noun

hagl n (singular definite haglet, plural indefinite hagl)

  1. shot (small metal balls used as ammunition)
  2. (meteorology) hail, hailstone

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble, hail”).

See Danish hagl for cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hakl/
  • Rhymes: -akl

Noun

hagl n (genitive singular hagls, nominative plural högl)

  1. (precipitation) hail, a hailstone syn.
  2. (in a gun) a shot, the small metal shots used as ammunition for shotguns
  3. the name of the Younger Futhark haglaz rune h

Declension

Synonyms

  • (hail): def. haglél

Derived terms

  • bleikihagl
  • gráp
  • grjónabylur
  • hagldropi
  • haglkorn
  • haglsteinn
  • hegla
  • snæhagl

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble, hail”).

See Danish hagl for cognates.

Noun

hagl n (definite singular haglet, indefinite plural hagl, definite plural hagla or haglene)

  1. (uncountable) hail (precipitation in the form of hailstones)
  2. (countable) a hailstone
  3. (countable) shot (mass noun) pellets used as ammunition for shotguns

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble, hail”).

Noun

hagl n (definite singular haglet, indefinite plural hagl, definite plural hagla)

  1. (uncountable) hail (precipitation in the form of hailstones)
  2. (countable) a hailstone
  3. (countable) shot (mass noun) pellets used as ammunition for shotguns

Derived terms

References

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