Old English · noun

hogg

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xoɡɡ/
[hoɡ]
Syllables: xoɡɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English: hog suidae castrated

Meaning

hog, especially a castrated male (family Suidae)

Declension

Declension of hogg
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hogg	hoggas
Accusative	hogg	hoggas
Genitive	hogges	hogga
Dative	hogge	hoggum

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly derived from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”). Alternatively, perhaps from Celtic, compare Welsh hwch (“sow”), Cornish hoch (“pig”) (whence probably modern English hoggan (“pork pasty”)); however, the possibility of British Celtic origin [Watkins, etc.] is regarded by OED as "improbable.".

Descendants

hog

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