hné

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See also: hne and HNE

Icelandic

Etymology

From older kné (h- began to replace k- in the 1500s), from Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

Noun

hné n (genitive singular hnés, nominative plural hné)

  1. a knee
    Synonym: kné (mostly in set phrases)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Verb

hné

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of hníga