hæna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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    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

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Verb

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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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