Old English[edit]
hedgehog
Etymology[edit]
First element perhaps hǣren ("of hair"). Compare hattefagol. This might, however, be somehow a corruption of herinaciis (variant of erinaceus).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈxæː.renˌfɑ.ɡol/, [ˈhæː.renˌfɑ.ɣol]
hǣrenfagol m
- a hedgehog
