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===Noun===
===Noun===
'''hof''' ''n.'' (class 3c, ''genitive'' '''hofes''', ''plural'' '''høve''')
'''hof''' ''n.'' (class 3c, ''genitive'' '''hoves''', ''plural'' '''høve''')


# court, courtyard
# court, courtyard

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk hof, from Old Skundavisk hof, from Halmisk ᚻᛟᚠ (hof), ᚻᛟᚠᛖ (hofe), from Proto-Germanic *hufą.

Pronunciation

Noun

hof n. (class 3c, genitive hoves, plural høve)

  1. court, courtyard
    Wi haven een wijd hof hinder thet hous.
    We have a wide courtyard behind the house.
  2. court (residence and entourage of a nobleman)
    Hi gang ofte to thet hof thes kynings.
    He often went to the king's court.

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