haugar

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Gutnish haur, from Old Norse hár (“high, tall”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to elevate”).

Adjective

haugar (feminine haug, neuter haugt, comparative håigar, superlative håigst)

  1. high[1]

Derived terms

  • haugmèltur
  • haugspännare
  • haugtäidsblaså
  • haugvattna

References

  1. ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “HAUGAR”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 247

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

haugar m

  1. indefinite plural of haug
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