hundr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, whence also Old Saxon, Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch hund, Old High German hunt, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

Noun

hundr m (genitive hunds, plural hundar)

  1. a dog
    Synonym: rakki

Declension

  Declension of hundr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hundr hundrinn hundar hundarnir
accusative hund hundinn hunda hundana
dative hundi hundinum hundum hundunum
genitive hunds hundsins hunda hundanna

Descendants

References

  • “hundr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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