hǿna

See also: höna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ, related to *hanjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”), *kana-. Compare Old English henn, hænn, Old High German henna.

Noun

hǿna f (genitive hǿnu)

1. hen (female of the chicken, Gallus gallus)

Declension

Declension of hǿna (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hǿna	hǿnan	hǿnur	hǿnurnar
accusative	hǿnu	hǿnuna	hǿnur	hǿnurnar
dative	hǿnu	hǿnunni	hǿnum	hǿnunum
genitive	hǿnu	hǿnunnar	hǿnna	hǿnnanna

Related terms

• hani

Descendants

• Icelandic: hæna
• Faroese: høna
• Norwegian Nynorsk: høna, høne; (dialectal) hæn(n)e
• Old Swedish: hø̄na f
  • Swedish: höna c
• Danish: høne c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høne f or m