hnot

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts. Cognate with Faroese nøt, Norwegian Bokmål nøtt, Norwegian nòt, Danish nød, Swedish nöt, English nut, Dutch noot, German Nuss, and Latin nux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̥ɔːt/

Noun

hnot f (genitive singular hnotar, nominative plural (small ball of yarn) hnotir or hnotur or (nut) hnetur)

1. small ball of yarn
2. (rare) nut

   Synonym: hneta

Declension

Declension of hnot (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hnot	hnotin	hnotir1, hnotur1, hnetur2	hnotirnar1, hnoturnar1, hneturnar2
accusative	hnot	hnotina	hnotir1, hnotur1, hnetur2	hnotirnar1, hnoturnar1, hneturnar2
dative	hnot	hnotinni	hnotum	hnotunum
genitive	hnotar	hnotarinnar	hnota	hnotanna

¹Small ball of yarn.
²Nut.

Derived terms

• haslahnot
• heslihnot
• hnotabit
• hnotabítast
• Hnotasteinn
• hnotber
• hnotbrjótur
• hnotbrúnn, hnotbrún, hnotbrúnt
• hnotgjarn, hnotgjörn, hnotgjarnt
• Hnothamrar
• hnotkráka
• hnotskel
• hnotskógur
• hnotskurn
• hnotsörvi
• hnottajörð
• hnotti
• hnottré
• Hnotuberg
• hnotubrjótur
• hnotubrúnn, hnotubrún, hnotubrúnt
• hnotuskel
• hnotutré
• hnotviður
• í hnotskurn
• jarðhnot
• kókoshnot
• valhnot

See also

• hnota

Old English

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xnot/, [n̥ot]

Adjective

hnot

1. bald
2. cropped, pollarded (of trees, plants)

Declension

Declension of hnot — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hnot	hnot	hnot
Accusative	hnotne	hnotte	hnot
Genitive	hnottes	hnotre	hnottes
Dative	hnottum	hnotre	hnottum
Instrumental	hnotte	hnotre	hnotte
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hnotte	hnotta, hnotte	hnot
Accusative	hnotte	hnotta, hnotte	hnot
Genitive	hnotra	hnotra	hnotra
Dative	hnottum	hnottum	hnottum
Instrumental	hnottum	hnottum	hnottum

Declension of hnot — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hnotta	hnotte	hnotte
Accusative	hnottan	hnottan	hnotte
Genitive	hnottan	hnottan	hnottan
Dative	hnottan	hnottan	hnottan
Instrumental	hnottan	hnottan	hnottan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hnottan	hnottan	hnottan
Accusative	hnottan	hnottan	hnottan
Genitive	hnotra, hnottena	hnotra, hnottena	hnotra, hnottena
Dative	hnottum	hnottum	hnottum
Instrumental	hnottum	hnottum	hnottum

Descendants

• English: nott

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Cognate with Old English hnutu (English nut), Dutch noot, Old High German nuz (German Nuss).

Noun

hnot f (genitive hnotar, plural hnetr or hnøtr, genitive plural hnata)

1. nut

Declension

Declension of hnot (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hnot	hnotin	hnetr	hnetrnar
accusative	hnot	hnotina	hnetr	hnetrnar
dative	hnot	hnotinni	hnotum	hnotunum
genitive	hnotar	hnotarinnar	hnata	hnatanna

The declension of this noun is highly irregular.

Descendants

• Icelandic: hnot
• Faroese: nøt, nøta, nytur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nòt
  • ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: nate-
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøtt
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: nøtt
• Old Swedish: nut, not
  • Swedish: nöt
• Danish: nød

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hnot”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive