halshugge
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom hals (“neck”) + hugge (“to cut”), compare Norwegian Bokmål halshugge, halshogge, Norwegian Nynorsk halshogge, halshogga, Swedish halshugga.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edithalshugge (past tense halshuggede, past participle halshugget)
- To behead, decapitate (cut off someone's head (execution)).
Conjugation
editInflection of halshugge
present | past | |
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simple | halshugger | halshuggede |
perfect | har halshugget | havde halshugget |
passive | halshugges | halshuggedes |
participle | halshuggende | halshugget |
imperative | halshug | — |
infinitive | halshugge | — |
auxiliary verb | have | — |
gerund | halshuggen | — |
Derived terms
editReferences
editNorwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
edit- halshogge (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
editVerb
edithalshugge (imperative halshugg, present tense halshugger, passive halshugges, simple past halshugde or halshugg or halshugget, past participle halshugd or halshugget, present participle halshuggende)
- To behead, decapitate (cut off someone's head (execution)).
Synonyms
edit- dekapitere (literary)
Derived terms
edit- halshugging (“beheading, decapitation”) (= dekapitasjon (literary))
References
edit- “halshugge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.