hǫfn

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *habanō, *habnō (harbour, haven).

Noun

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hǫfn f (genitive hafnar, plural hafnir)

  1. port, harbor, haven
  2. foetus
  3. coat, cloak
  4. tenure (of land)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: höfn
  • Faroese: havn, høvn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hamn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hamn
  • Old Swedish: hamn, hafn
  • Danish: havn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: havn
  • Latin: Hafnia (Copenhagen) (learned)

References

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  • höfn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.