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hnot

hnot

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Cognate with Faroese nøt, Norwegian nøtt, nòt, Danish nød, Swedish nöt, English nut, Dutch noot, German Nuss, and also Latin nux.

Noun

hnot f (genitive singular hnotar, nominative plural hnotir or hnotur or hnetur)

  1. (rare) a nut syn.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • haslahnot
  • heslihnot
  • hnotskurn
  • hnotabit
  • hnotabítast
  • Hnotasteinn
  • hnotber
  • hnotbrjótur
  • hnotbrúnn, hnotbrún, hnotbrúnt
  • hnotgjarn, hnotgjörn, hnotgjarnt
  • Hnothamrar
  • hnotkráka
  • hnotskel
  • hnotskógur
  • hnotsörvi
  • hnottajörð
  • hnotti
  • hnottré
  • Hnotuberg
  • hnotubrjótur
  • hnotubrúnn, hnotubrún, hnotubrúnt
  • hnotuskel
  • hnotutré
  • hnotviður
  • í hnotskurn
  • jarðhnot
  • kókoshnot
  • valhnot

See also

  • hnota

Old English

Adjective

hnot

  1. bald
  2. cropped, pollarded (of trees, plants)

Declension

Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative hnota hnote hnote hnotan nom. hnot hnote hnot hnota, -e
accusative hnotan hnote hnotan acc. hnotne hnot hnote hnote hnot hnota, -e
genitive hnotan hnotra, hnotena gen. hnotes hnotes hnotre hnotra
dative hnotan hnotum dat. hnotum hnotum hnotre hnotum
instrumental hnote

Descendants


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Cognate with Old English hnutu (English nut), Dutch noot, Old High German nuz (German Nuss).

Noun

hnot f (genitive hnotar, plural hnetr or hnøtr)

  1. nut

Descendants

References

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