heiti

From Icelandic heiti, from Old Norse heiti, from Old Norse heita (“to be named”), from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“to call, name, order”). Doublet of hight and hote.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪti/

heiti (plural heitis or heiti)

1. A synonym used in Old Norse poetry in place of the normal word for something; a poetic epithet.

• kenning

• From Old Norse heiti, from heita (“to be named”) or
• From the verb heita.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaitɪ/

heiti n (genitive singular heitis, plural heiti or heitir)

1. (kvæði) forename, Christian name
2. (linguistics, neologism) term
3. degree
4. heading, title
5. (kvæði) threat
6. (literature) seldom periphrasis

From Old Norse heiti, from heita (“to be named”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈheiːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -eiːtɪ

heiti n (genitive singular heitis, nominative plural heiti)

1. a name

   Synonym: nafn

• andheiti
• samheiti
• starfsheiti
• vöruheiti

heiti

1. first-person singular present indicative of heita

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

heiti

1. indefinite dative singular of heit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

heiti

1. masculine singular nominative weak positive degree of heitur

Borrowed from Old Norse heiti.

heiti n (definite singular heitiet, indefinite plural heiti, definite plural heitia or heitiene)

1. (Norse poetry) a heiti

• “heiti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Old Norse heiti. Doublet of heite.

heiti n (definite singular heitiet, indefinite plural heiti, definite plural heitia)

1. (Norse poetry) a heiti; alternative form of heite

• “heiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

heiti n (genitive heitis)

1. name, denomination

• heita

• Icelandic: heiti n
• Faroese: heiti n
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heite n
• → English: heiti
• → Norwegian Bokmål: heiti
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: heiti

heiti

1. inflection of heita:
   1. third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive
   2. first-person singular present indicative active

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “heiti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive