hóf
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hóf n (genitive singular hófs, nominative plural hóf)
Declension edit
declension of hóf
Synonyms edit
- (moderation): hemja
Derived terms edit
- kunna sér hóf
- hóflegur m, hófleg f, hóflegt n
- hóflaus m, hóflaust n
- óhóflegur m, óhófleg f, óhóflegt n
Noun edit
hóf
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
Related to hœfr, from Proto-Germanic *hōbiz (“fit, proper”). Distantly related to the strong verb hafa (“to have”).[1]
Noun edit
hóf n (genitive hófs)
Declension edit
Declension of hóf (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Dasent, G. W., Cleasby, R. (1874). An Icelandic-English Dictionary. United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. p. 280
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
hóf n (genitive hófs)
Declension edit
Declension of hóf (strong a-stem)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
hóf
Verb edit
hóf
References edit
- hóf in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.