hnoða

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈn̥ɔːða/ Rhymes: -ɔːða === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hnoða, from Proto-Germanic *hneu-þ-, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-t-. ==== Noun ==== hnoða n (genitive singular hnoða, nominative plural hnoðu) orhnoða f (genitive singular hnoðu, nominative plural hnoður) woollen ball ===== Usage notes ===== This is an archaic word, but it is encountered fairly often in fairy tales, mainly in the context of someone being given a magic hnoða which then rolls on its own to show the way. Hnoða may also be feminine rather than neuter. ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse knoða, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”), from *gen- (“to compress”). Compare English knead, Dutch kneden, German kneten. ==== Verb ==== hnoða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hnoðaði, supine hnoðað) to rivet to knead ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== hnoð hnoðun === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “hnoða”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)