heiti

== English == === Etymology === From Icelandic heiti, from Old Norse heiti, from Old Norse heita (“to be named”), from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“to call, name, order”). Doublet of hight. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈheɪti/ === Noun === heiti (plural heitis or heiti) A synonym used in Old Norse poetry in place of the normal word for something; a poetic epithet. ==== See also ==== kenning == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse heiti, from heita (“to be named”) or From the verb heita. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaiːtɪ/ === Noun === heiti n (genitive singular heitis, plural heiti or heitir) (kvæði) forename, Christian name (linguistics, neologism) term degree heading, title (kvæði) threat (literature) seldom periphrasis ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse heiti, from heita (“to be named”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈheiːtɪ/ Rhymes: -eiːtɪ ==== Noun ==== heiti n (genitive singular heitis, nominative plural heiti) a name Synonym: nafn ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== andheiti samheiti starfsheiti vöruheiti ==== Verb ==== heiti first-person singular present indicative of heita === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== heiti indefinite dative singular of heit === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== heiti masculine singular nominative weak positive degree of heitur == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse heiti. === Noun === heiti n (definite singular heitiet, indefinite plural heiti, definite plural heitia or heitiene) (Norse poetry) a heiti === References === “heiti” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse heiti. Doublet of heite. === Noun === heiti n (definite singular heitiet, indefinite plural heiti, definite plural heitia) (Norse poetry) a heiti; alternative form of heite === References === “heiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Noun === heiti n (genitive heitis) name, denomination ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== heita ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: heiti n Faroese: heiti n Norwegian Nynorsk: heite n → English: heiti → Norwegian Bokmål: heiti → Norwegian Nynorsk: heiti === Verb === heiti inflection of heita: third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive first-person singular present indicative active === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heiti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive