hnutu

Icelandic

Verb

hnutu

1. third-person plural active past indicative of hnjóta

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Cognate with Old High German nuz, Old Norse hnot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxnu.tu/, [ˈn̥u.tu]

Noun

hnutu f

1. nut

   Ealla hnyte habbaþ hearde sċielle.

   All nuts have a hard shell.

   • c. 996, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Lord"

     On þone ōðerne dæġ wæs Aarones ġierd ġemēttu grōwendu mid bōgum and blōwendu and berendu hnyte.

     The next day, Aaron's rod was found growing branches, and blooming, and bearing nuts.

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hnutu	hnyte
accusative	hnutu	hnyte
genitive	hnyte, hnute	hnuta
dative	hnyte	hnutum

Derived terms

• eorþhnutu (“earthnut”)
• hæslhnutu (“hazelnut”)
• hnutbēam (“nut tree”)
• hnutsċiell (“nutshell”)
• pīnhnutu (“pinenut”)
• wealhhnutu (“walnut”)

Descendants

• Middle English: nute, note
  • English: nut
    • → Japanese: ナット (natto)
  • Scots: nute, nuit, nit