Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. (rare) a nut

Declension edit

  • plural hnotir:

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See also edit

Old English edit

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

hnot

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

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • English: nott

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

hnot f (genitive hnotar, plural hnetr or hnøtr, genitive plural hnata)

  1. nut

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References edit

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