heiti

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See also: Heiti and hēitǐ

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Icelandic heiti, from Old Norse heiti, from Old Norse heita (to be named), from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (to call, name, order). Doublet of hight and hote.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

heiti (plural heitis or heiti)

  1. A synonym used in Old Norse poetry in place of the normal word for something; a poetic epithet.

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

heiti n (genitive singular heitis, plural heiti or heitir)

  1. (kvæði) forename, Christian name
  2. (linguistics, neologism) term
  3. degree
  4. heading, title
  5. (kvæði) threat
  6. (literature) seldom periphrasis

Declension[edit]

n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative heiti heitið heiti(r) heitini
Accusative heiti heitið heiti(r) heitini
Dative heiti heit(i)num heitum heitunum
Genitive heitis heitisins heita heitanna

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse heiti, from heita (to be named).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

heiti n (genitive singular heitis, nominative plural heiti)

  1. a name
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

heiti

  1. first-person singular present indicative of heita

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

heiti

  1. indefinite dative singular of heit

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

heiti

  1. masculine singular nominative weak positive degree of heitur

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse heiti.

Noun[edit]

heiti n (definite singular heitiet, indefinite plural heiti, definite plural heitia or heitiene)

  1. (Norse poetry) a heiti

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Norse heiti. Doublet of heite.

Noun[edit]

heiti n (definite singular heitiet, indefinite plural heiti, definite plural heitia)

  1. (Norse poetry) a heiti; alternative form of heite

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Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

heiti n (genitive heitis)

  1. name, denomination

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: heiti n
  • Faroese: heiti n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heite n
  • English: heiti
  • Norwegian Bokmål: heiti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heiti

Verb[edit]

heiti

  1. inflection of heita:
    1. third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive
    2. first-person singular present indicative active

References[edit]

  • heiti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press