hǿna

== 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 hǿnu) hen (female of the chicken, Gallus gallus) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== hani ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hæna Faroese: høna Norwegian Nynorsk: høna, høne; (dialectal) hæn(n)e Old Swedish: hø̄na f Swedish: höna c Danish: høne c Norwegian Bokmål: høne f or m