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Icelandic
Verb
hnutu
- third-person plural active past indicative of hnjóta
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Cognate with Old High German nuz, Old Norse hnot.
Pronunciation
Noun
hnutu f
- nut
Ealla hnyte habbaþ hearde sċielle.- All nuts have a hard shell.
- c. 996, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Lord"
On þone ōðerne dæġ wæs Aarones ġierd ġemēttu grōwendu mid bōgum and blōwendu and berendu hnyte.- The next day, Aaron's rod was found growing branches, and blooming, and bearing nuts.
Declension
Declension of hnutu (strong consonant stem)
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