halshugge

Danish

Etymology

From hals (neck) + hugge (to cut), compare Norwegian Bokmål halshugge, halshogge, Norwegian Nynorsk halshogge, halshogga, Swedish halshugga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /halshoɡə/, [ˈhalsˌhɔɡ̊ə]

Verb

halshugge (past tense halshuggede, past participle halshugget)

  1. To behead, decapitate (cut off someone's head (execution)).

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hals + hugge.

Verb

halshugge (imperative halshugg, present tense halshugger, passive halshugges, simple past halshugde or halshugg or halshugget, past participle halshugd or halshugget, present participle halshuggende)

  1. To behead, decapitate (cut off someone's head (execution)).

Synonyms

  • dekapitere (literary)

Derived terms

References

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