hogg

== English == === Etymology === See hogget (“young sheep”) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɒɡ/ (US) IPA(key): /hɑɡ/, /hɔːɡ/ 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 === hogde (of simple past) === Verb === hogg simple past of hogge imperative of hogge == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === hogg inflection of hogga: past imperative == 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”)); however, the possibility of British Celtic origin [Watkins, etc.] is regarded by OED as "improbable.". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xoɡɡ/, [hoɡ] === Noun === hogg m (nominative plural hoggas) hog, especially a castrated male (family Suidae) ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hogge, hog English: hog Scots: hogg, hog === References ===