hnot

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts. Cognate with Faroese nøt, Norwegian nøtt, nòt, Danish nød, Swedish nöt, English nut, Dutch noot, German Nuss, and also Latin nux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n̥ɔːt/

Noun

hnot f (genitive singular hnotar, nominative plural hnotir or hnotur or hnetur)

  1. (rare) a nut

Declension

  • plural hnotir:

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

  • hnota

Old English

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xnot/, [n̥ot]

Adjective

hnot

  1. bald
  2. cropped, pollarded (of trees, plants)

Declension

Descendants

  • English: nott

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Cognate with Old English hnutu (English nut), Dutch noot, Old High German nuz (German Nuss).

Noun

hnot f (genitive hnotar, plural hnetr or hnøtr, genitive plural hnata)

  1. nut

Declension

Descendants

References

  • hnot”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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