hov
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hov
- second-person singular imperative of hovět
- Synonym: hověj
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hófr, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish hov, English hoof, German Huf.
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hov c (singular definite hoven, plural indefinite hove)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse hof (“shrine; court”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą, cognate with German Hof (“yard, court, farmyard”), Dutch hof (“yard, court, garden”). Doublet of hof (“court”).
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Noun edit
hov n (singular definite hovet, plural indefinite hov)
- (religion, historical) temple (with reference to pre-Christian Norse religion)
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Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse hó, compare English ho, German ho.
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hov
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hov n (uncountable)
- Initialism of hoogwaardig openbaar vervoer (“high-quality public transport”).
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Noun edit
hov m (definite singular hoven, indefinite plural hover or høver, definite plural hovene or høvene)
- a hoof
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hófr m, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Akin to English hoof.
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- hóv (alternative spelling)
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hov m (definite singular hoven, indefinite plural hovar or høver, definite plural hovane or høvene)
or
hov f (definite singular hova, indefinite plural høver, definite plural høvene)
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- klauv (“cloven hoof”)
Etymology 2 edit
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- hóv (alternative spelling)
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hov n (definite singular hovet, indefinite plural hov, definite plural hova)
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Etymology 3 edit
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- hòv (alternative spelling)
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Noun edit
hov n (definite singular hovet, indefinite plural hov, definite plural hova)
- (historical) a pagan temple in the Old Norse religion
- a hillock
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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hov
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- “hov” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
- hóv, hòv
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish hōv, from Old Norse hófr, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Cognate with Danish hov, English hoof, German Huf and Dutch hoef.
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Noun edit
hov c
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Declension of hov | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hov | hoven | hovar | hovarna |
Genitive | hovs | hovens | hovars | hovarnas |
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German hof, cognate to German Hof and Danish hof.
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- hof (up until the 1906 spelling reform)
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hov n
- court; the people surrounding a ruler, such as a monarch or an emperor; the accommodation of a monarch
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Declension of hov | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hov | hovet | hov | hoven |
Genitive | hovs | hovets | hovs | hovens |
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hov
- (obsolete) past indicative of häva
- Och han hov upp sin röst och kvad
- And he took up his parable, and said (Numbers 24:3)