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huggorm

huggorm

Swedish

Noun

huggorm c

  1. a viper, an adder, especially the common European adder

Declension

Inflection of huggorm 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative huggorm huggormen huggormar huggormarna
Genitive huggorms huggormens huggormars huggormarnas

Etymology

From Old Swedish hugormber, from Old Norse höggormr ‎(“a serpent”), cognates include Icelandic höggormur ‎(“a poisonous snake, a serpent”). Confer the Old Norse högg ‎(“a stroke, a weapon's blow”) and ormr ‎(“a snake, a serpent; a worm; a dragon”).

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