slegge

Middle English

Alternative forms

sleg

Etymology

From Old English sleċġ, from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /slɛdʒ/

Noun

slegge (plural slegges)

sledgehammer

Descendants

English: sledge
Scots: sleg

References

“sleǧǧe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-25.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

slegge f (definite singular slegga, indefinite plural slegger, definite plural sleggene)

Alternative form of sleggje

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