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hagl

hagl

Danish

Noun

hagl n (singular definite haglet, plural indefinite hagl)

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Cognate with Danish hagl, which see for more cognates.

Pronunciation

  • 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

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Related terms

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

Synonyms

  • (hail): def. haglél

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Cognates with Danish hagl, which see for more 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


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