hynda
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hynda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʏnːˌda/
Noun
hynda c
- bitch (female canine)
- 1898, Sven Hedin, En färd genom Asien 1893-97 I[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 13 May 2025, page 159:
- De enda [honor] som förekomma inom Pamirskij Posts murar voro [...] en katta, ett par hyndor och några hönor.
- The only females within the walls of Pamirskiy Post were a she-cat, a couple of bitches, and some hens.
- 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Den höges tal (Hávamál) §101, page 76:
- På bädden fann jag / en hynda bunden / där den fagra förr hade legat.
- On the bed I found / a bitch bound / where the fair lady had lain before.
- (computing) A gate (logical pathway)
- NAND-grindar
- NAND gates
- (derogatory, of a person) bitch
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hynda | hyndas |
| definite | hyndan | hyndans | |
| plural | indefinite | hyndor | hyndors |
| definite | hyndorna | hyndornas |