hende

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Chavacano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog hindi.

Adverb

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hendê

  1. not

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse henna, the dative of hón (she).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnə/, [ˈhenə], [ˈhenn̩]

Pronoun

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hende

  1. (personal) objective case of hun (she): her

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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hende

  1. Alternative form of ende (end)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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hende

  1. Alternative form of ende (duck)

Etymology 3

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From Old English ġehende, from Proto-West Germanic *gahandī.

Adjective

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hende

  1. Courteous, gracious.
    • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, [], [London]: [] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes [], 1542, →OCLC:
      Oure Hoost þo spak, “A, sire, ye sholde be hende / And curteys, as a man of youre estaat”
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 14th century: And if he were so hende and so wis / Þat she ne myȝt al abate his pris, / Yit wolde she blame his worþynesse / Or by hir wordis make it lesse. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose (OUP 1988, p. 689-90)
Descendants
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  • English: hend

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse henda.

Verb

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hende (present tense hender, past tense hendte, past participle hendt)

  1. to happen, occur

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse henda.

Verb

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hende (present tense hender, past tense hende, past participle hendt, passive infinitive hendast, present participle hendande, imperative hend)

  1. to happen, occur

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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese gente and Spanish gente and Kabuverdianu gentis.

Noun

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hende

  1. man (human being)
  2. person
  3. someone