hœna

See also: höna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ, related to *hanjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”), *kana-. Compare Old English henn, hænn, Old High German henna.

Noun

hœna f (genitive hœnu)

hen (female of the chicken, Gallus gallus)

Declension

Declension of hœna (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hœna	hœnan	hœnur	hœnurnar
accusative	hœnu	hœnuna	hœnur	hœnurnar
dative	hœnu	hœnunni	hœnum	hœnunum
genitive	hœnu	hœnunnar	hœnna	hœnnanna

Related terms

hani

Descendants

Danish: høne c
Faroese: høna f
Icelandic: hæna f

Norwegian: høne (Bokmål), høne (Nynorsk) f
Swedish: höna c

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