hegg
See also: Hegg
Middle English edit
Noun edit
hegg
- Alternative form of hegge
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hegg m (definite singular heggen, indefinite plural hegger or heggar, definite plural heggene or heggane)
- a bird cherry tree, Prunus padus
- 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Vaaren:
- […] Heggen og Tre, som der Blomar er paa, eg atter saag bløma.
- […] once again I saw the bird cherry and the flowering trees in bloom.
Derived terms edit
Compounds with hegg will in some standards use the old plural genitive heggje- (cf. Old Norse heggja).