Hǫðr

English edit

Proper noun edit

Hǫðr

Alternative form of Höðr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *Haþuz, probably from *haþuz (“battle, fight”), in which case a doublet of hǫð-, cognate with Old English heaþo-, Old High German hadu-.

Proper noun edit

Hǫðr m (genitive Haðar)

(Norse mythology) Höðr (blind Norse god)

Declension edit

Declension of Hǫðr (strong u-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
masculine	indefinite
nominative	Hǫðr
accusative	Hǫð
dative	Heði
genitive	Haðar

Descendants edit

All descendants are learned borrowings.

Icelandic: Höður
Faroese: Høður
Norwegian Nynorsk: Hod
Swedish: Höd, Höder, Hod
Danish: Hød
English: Höðr

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