hovit
Finnish edit
Noun edit
hovit
- nominative plural of hovi
Anagrams edit
Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *haubudą.
Noun edit
hōvit n
- head
- Sattos aruit an ruggi unsin, gesattos man ouir hôvit unsa
- You set tribulations on our back, you set men over our heads
Declension edit
hōvit is only attested in the singular. The inflections given in the chart are the attested forms, but the root hōvit has various spellings. The plural inflections are hypothetical as indicated by the asterisk.
Declension of hovit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hōvit/hōvid | *hōvit |
| accusative | hōvit | *hōvit |
| genitive | hōvidis/-es | *hōvido |
| dative | hōvide/-a | *hōvidon |
Descendants edit
- Middle Dutch: hôvet
Further reading edit
- “hōvit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012