hǫfn

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See also: höfn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habanō, *habnō (“harbour, haven”).

Noun

hǫfn f (genitive hafnar, plural hafnir)

  1. port, harbor, haven
  2. foetus
  3. coat, cloak
  4. tenure (of land)

Inflection

  Declension of hǫfn (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hǫfn hǫfnin hafnar hafnarnar
accusative hǫfn hǫfnina hafnar hafnarnar
dative hǫfn hǫfninni hǫfnum hǫfnunum
genitive hafnar hafnarinnar hafna hafnanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: höfn
  • Faroese: havn, høvn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hamn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hamn
  • Old Swedish: hamn, hafn
  • Danish: havn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: havn
  • → Latin: Hafnia (“Copenhagen”) (learned)

References

  • höfn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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