heiti
English edit
Etymology edit
From Icelandic heiti, from Old Norse heiti, from Old Norse heita (“to be named”), from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“to call, name, order”). Doublet of hight and hote.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heiti (plural heitis or heiti)
See also edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heiti n (genitive singular heitis, plural heiti or heitir)
- (kvæði) forename, Christian name
- (linguistics, neologism) term
- degree
- heading, title
- (kvæði) threat
- (literature) seldom periphrasis
Declension edit
n24 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | heiti | heitið | heiti(r) | heitini |
Accusative | heiti | heitið | heiti(r) | heitini |
Dative | heiti | heit(i)num | heitum | heitunum |
Genitive | heitis | heitisins | heita | heitanna |
Icelandic edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse heiti, from heita (“to be named”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heiti n (genitive singular heitis, nominative plural heiti)
- a name
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (name): nafn
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
heiti
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
heiti
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
heiti
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse heiti.
Noun edit
heiti n (definite singular heitiet, indefinite plural heiti, definite plural heitia or heitiene)
References edit
- “heiti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old Norse heiti. Doublet of heite.
Noun edit
heiti n (definite singular heitiet, indefinite plural heiti, definite plural heitia)
References edit
- “heiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
heiti n (genitive heitis)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: heiti n
- Faroese: heiti n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: heite n
- → English: heiti
- → Norwegian Bokmål: heiti
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: heiti
Verb edit
heiti
- inflection of heita:
References edit
- “heiti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press