hæna

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See also: haena

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hœna, from Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ, related to *hanjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (to sing), *kana-.

Pronunciation

Noun

hæna f (genitive singular hænu, nominative plural hænur)

  1. a hen, a chicken
  2. (slang) a person who gets drunk from small amounts of alcohol

Declension

    Declension of hæna
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hæna hænan hænur hænurnar
accusative hænu hænuna hænur hænurnar
dative hænu hænunni hænum hænunum
genitive hænu hænunnar hæna hænanna

Derived terms

Verb

hæna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hændi, supine hænt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to lure, to attract

Conjugation

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