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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hunhruz, whence also Old English hungor, Old Saxon hungar and Old High German hungar.

Noun

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hungr n

  1. hunger

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hungur
  • Norwegian: hunger
  • Old Swedish: hunger
  • Danish: hunger

References

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  • hungr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press