hǫnd

See also: hond, Hond, hönd, and Hond.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hand

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”). Cognate with Old English hand, Old Frisian hand, Old Saxon hand, Old Dutch hant, Old High German hant, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒ̃nd/

Noun

hǫnd f (genitive handar, dative hendi, plural hendr)

1. hand

Declension

Declension of hǫnd (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hǫnd	hǫndin	hendr	hendrnar
accusative	hǫnd	hǫndina	hendr	hendrnar
dative	hendi	hendinni	hǫndum	hǫndunum
genitive	handar	handarinnar	handa	handanna

Derived terms

• ganga á hǫnd (“to surrender”)
• læknishǫnd (“healing hand”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hönd
• Faroese: hond
• Norn: hanjd
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hand, hond
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: hand
• Elfdalian: and
• Old Swedish: hand
  • Swedish: hand
• Old Danish: haand
  • Danish: hånd
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hånd
• Gutnish: hand