hyene
See also: hyène
Middle English
editNoun
edithyene
- Alternative form of hiene
Middle French
editNoun
edithyene f (plural hyenes)
- hyena (animal)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Noun
edithyene m (definite singular hyenen, indefinite plural hyener, definite plural hyenene)
References
edit- “hyene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Noun
edithyene m (definite singular hyenen, indefinite plural hyenar, definite plural hyenane)
References
edit- “hyene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina, “hyena or hyaena”), from ὗς (hûs, “pig or swine”) with -αινα (-aina).
Noun
edithyene oblique singular, f (oblique plural hyenes, nominative singular hyene, nominative plural hyenes)
- hyena (animal)
- c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, lines 581–2:
- HYENE signefie, ne lerrai ne l' vus die,
Hume aver cuveitus, ki est luxurius;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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