hund – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of hund

Noun: hund
Gender: m n

Nominative

Singularhund
Pluralhundas; hund

Genitive

Singularhundes
Pluralhunda

Dative

Singularhunde
Pluralhundum

Accusative

Singularhund
Pluralhundas; hund

Sample Sentences

  • The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
  • Saga mē, hwylc man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende? (Tell me, who was the first man that spoke with a dog?)
  • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius"
  • Þā cwæþ Aureliānus, "Eom iċ hund ġeþūht? (Then Aurelianus said, "Do I look like a dog?")

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *hund.
2. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian hund, Old Saxon hund, Old Dutch hunt, Old High German hunt, Old Norse hundr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).
3. Indo-European cognates include Latin canis, Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Sanskrit श्वन् (śvan), Old Irish cú, Lithuanian šuõ. See: Old Norse Nouns 'hundr', Gothic Nouns '𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃', Latin Nouns 'canis', Ancient Greek Nouns 'κύων'.

Verbs referencing "hund"

Ancient Greek Nouns κύων, English Nouns hound, Middle English Nouns hound, Latvian Nouns suns, Gothic Nouns 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃.

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