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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /n̥ɔːt/

Noun

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

  1. (rare) a nut syn.

Declension
  • plural hnotir:
declension of hnot
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hnot hnotin hnotir hnotirnar
accusative hnot hnotina hnotir hnotirnar
dative hnot hnotinni hnotum hnotunum
genitive hnotar hnotarinnar hnota hnotanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
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

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hnot/

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
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