hende

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See also: hendé

Chavacano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog hindi.

Adverb

hendê

  1. not

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse henna, the dative of hón (“she”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hende

  1. (personal) objective case of hun (“she”): her

See also

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hende

  1. Alternative form of ende (“end”)

Etymology 2

Noun

hende

  1. Alternative form of ende (“duck”)

Etymology 3

From Old English ġehende, from Proto-West Germanic *gahandī.

Adjective

hende

  1. Courteous, gracious.
    • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC:
      Oure Hoost þo spak, “A, sire, ye sholde be hende / And curteys, as a man of youre estaat”
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      • 14th century: And if he were so hende and so wis / Þat she ne myȝt al abate his pris, / Yit wolde she blame his worþynesse / Or by hir wordis make it lesse. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose (OUP 1988, p. 689-90)
Descendants
  • English: hend

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse henda.

Verb

hende (present tense hender, past tense hendte, past participle hendt)

  1. to happen, occur

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse henda.

Verb

hende (present tense hender, past tense hende, past participle hendt, passive infinitive hendast, present participle hendande, imperative hend)

  1. to happen, occur

Alternative forms

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese gente and Spanish gente and Kabuverdianu gentis.

Noun

hende

  1. man (human being)
  2. person
  3. someone
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