havfrue

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noun

A type of mermaid of Danish folklore.

OriginDanish havfrue →
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Meanings

nounhavfrue (plural havfrues)

plural havfrues

  1. human sciencesA type of mermaid of Danish folklore.

    A girl one time fell into the power of a Havfrue and passed fifteen years in her submarine abode without ever seeing the sun.

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 153

Origin

  1. Danishhavfrue
  2. Englishhavfrue

From Danish havfrue.

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APA

havfrue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/havfrue

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Chicago

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