hnutu

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Icelandic

Verb

hnutu

  1. 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

  1. 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

Strong consonant stem:

singular plural
nominative hnutu hnyte
accusative hnutu hnyte
genitive hnyte, hnute hnuta
dative hnyte hnutum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: nute, note