hǫnd

See also: hond, Hond, hönd, and Hond.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”). Cognate with Old English hand, Old Frisian hand, Old Saxon hand, Old Dutch hant, Old High German hant, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

Pronunciation

  • (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈhɒ̃nd/

Noun

hǫnd f (genitive handar, dative hendi, plural hendr)

  1. hand

Declension

Declension of hǫnd (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hǫnd hǫndin hendr hendrnar
accusative hǫnd hǫndina hendr hendrnar
dative hendi hendinni hǫndum hǫndunum
genitive handar handarinnar handa handanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hönd
  • Faroese: hond
  • Norn: hanjd
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hand, hond; hainn, hæinn, hònd, hønd (dialectal)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: hand
  • Elfdalian: and
  • Old Swedish: hand
  • Old Danish: haand
  • Gutnish: hand
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