Danish

Noun

hagl n (singular definite haglet, plural indefinite hagl)

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

Inflection

Derived terms

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

Declension

Derived terms

• haglabyssa

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

• haglgevær

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

• haglgevær