Well my old Dom danish has 'hakkebøf' hamburger chopped minced meat
Which may be of interest or not
You have lovely letters on your keyboard
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> For hagese. Þe hert of schepe, þe nere þou take+Hacke alle togeder with
gode persole
That in itself is quite decent circumstantial evidence for an
association between Haggis and hashing/hacking ("Hacke all
togeder..."), although I suppose it might itself be an example of folk
etymology. But still: haggis == hash-up seems pretty plausible.
Dominic
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