hǿna

See also: höna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ, related to *hanjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”), *kana-. Compare Old English henn, hænn, Old High German henna.

Noun

hǿna f (genitive hœnu)

1. hen (female of the chicken, Gallus gallus)

Declension

  Declension of hǿna (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hœna	hœnan	hœnur	hœnurnar
accusative	hœnu	hœnuna	hœnur	hœnurnar
dative	hœnu	hœnunni	hœnum	hœnunum
genitive	hœnu	hœnunnar	hœnna	hœnnanna

Related terms

• hani

Descendants

• Danish: høne c
• Faroese: høna f
• Icelandic: hæna f

• Norwegian: høne (Bokmål), høne (Nynorsk) f
• Swedish: höna c