húnn
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse húnn (“knob at the top of a mast-head”), from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz, *hūna(n)- (“top of a stick”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithúnn m (genitive singular húns, nominative plural húnar)
- a door handle, a doorknob
- a flagpole's knob
- Að draga fána að hún.
- To hoist a flag.
- a bear cub
Declension
editdeclension of húnn
References
edit- Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *hūnaz.
Noun
edithúnn m (genitive húns)
Declension
edit Declension of húnn (strong a-stem)
Descendants
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
edithúnn m (genitive húns)
- a die
- þeir verpa húnum
- they cast dice
Declension
edit Declension of húnn (strong a-stem)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- húnn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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