hánum

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hánum

1. (personal pronoun): dative of hann
   • (Can we date this quote?) 3. chapter of Egils Saga; Upphaf ríkis Haralds hárfagra. (The beginning of the rule of Harold Fairhair.)

     En er sendimenn komu til Auðbjarnar konungs, ok báru hánum þessa orðsending, þá réðsk hann um við vini sína, ok réðu hánum þat allir, at safna liði,..

     But when the messenger came to king Auðbjörn, and delivered him this notice, then he discussed with his friends and they all advised him to gather men.

Descendants

• Icelandic: honum
• Faroese: honum
• Norwegian Nynorsk: honom, ‘nom (dialectal) hono, hannom, hom
• Swedish: honom
• Danish: hannem
  • Danish: ham
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ham

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hánum

1. definite dative singular/plural of hár
2. definite dative singular/plural of hár