húð

See also: hud, Hud, HUD, and huþ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse húð, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.

Cognate with Old English hȳd (English hide); Old Frisian hūd, Old Saxon hūd (Middle Low German hûd), Dutch huid, Old High German hūt (German Haut), Gothic *𐌷𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*huþs); and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːð/
• Rhymes: -uːð

Noun

húð f (genitive singular húðar, nominative plural húðir)

1. (uncountable) skin

   Húðin mín er svakalega þurr.

   My skin is really dry.

2. hide
3. (uncountable) a thin coating; plating

Derived terms

• ganga sér til húðar
• húðsjúkdómafræði
• húðsjúkdómafræðingur
• í húð og hár
• gæsahúð

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.

Noun

húð f (genitive húðar, plural húðir)

1. skin

Declension

  Declension of húð (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	húð	húðin	húðir	húðirnar
accusative	húð	húðina	húðir	húðirnar
dative	húð	húðinni	húðum	húðunum
genitive	húðar	húðarinnar	húða	húðanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: húð
• Faroese: húð
• Norwegian: hud
• Old Swedish: hūþ
  • Swedish: hud
• Danish: hud