hǿna

See also: höna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ, related to *hanjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”), *kana-. Compare Old English henn, hænn, Old High German henna.

Noun

hǿna f (genitive hǿnu)

  1. hen (female of the chicken, Gallus gallus)

Declension

Declension of hǿna (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hǿna hǿnan hǿnur hǿnurnar
accusative hǿnu hǿnuna hǿnur hǿnurnar
dative hǿnu hǿnunni hǿnum hǿnunum
genitive hǿnu hǿnunnar hǿnna hǿnnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hæna
  • Faroese: høna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: høna, høne; (dialectal) hæn(n)e
  • Old Swedish: hø̄na f
  • Danish: høne c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: høne f or m
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