Héðinn

See also: heðinn and héðinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse heðinn, from Proto-Germanic *hedanaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈçɛːðɪn(ː)/
    Rhymes: -ɛːðɪn

Proper noun

Héðinn m (proper noun, genitive singular Héðins)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Héðinn (sg-only masculine)
indefinite singular
nominative Héðinn
accusative Héðin
dative Héðni
genitive Héðins

Old Norse

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from heðinn (“fur skin”) from Proto-Norse hedanaz, .

Pronunciation

  • (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): /ˈheːðẽnː/
  • (13th century Old Norse) IPA(key): /ˈheːðinː/

Proper noun

Héðinn m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Héðinn (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite
nominative Héðinn
accusative Héðin
dative Héðni
genitive Héðins

Descendants

  • Icelandic: Héðinn
  • Faroese: Héðin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hedin

References

[1] [2]

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.