húð

See also: hud, Hud, HUD, and huþ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse húð, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.

Cognate with Old English hȳd (English hide); Old Frisian hūd, Old Saxon hūd (Middle Low German hûd), Dutch huid, Old High German hūt (German Haut), Gothic *𐌷𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*huþs); and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /huːð/
  • Rhymes: -uːð

Noun

húð f (genitive singular húðar, nominative plural húðir)

  1. (uncountable) skin
    Húðin mín er svakalega þurr.
    My skin is really dry.
  2. hide
  3. (uncountable) a thin coating; plating

Declension
declension of húð
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative húð húðin húðir húðirnar
accusative húð húðina húðir húðirnar
dative húð húðinni húðum húðunum
genitive húðar húðarinnar húða húðanna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.

Noun

húð f (genitive húðar, plural húðir)

  1. skin

Declension
  Declension of húð (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative húð húðin húðir húðirnar
accusative húð húðina húðir húðirnar
dative húð húðinni húðum húðunum
genitive húðar húðarinnar húða húðanna

Descendants
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