hjon

Inherited from Old Danish hion,hiona, from Old Norse hjón, from Proto-Germanic *hīwōnō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoˀn]

hjon n (singular definite hjonet, plural indefinite hjon)

1. (archaic) household member
2. (collective, archaic) servants

1. (collective, historical) tyende
2. (collective, historical) tjenestefolk

From Old Norse hjón, hjún.

hjon n (definite singular hjonet, indefinite plural hjon, definite plural hjona)

1. (archaic, dated or dialectal) married couple

   Synonym: ektepar

• “hjon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Old Swedish hion, from Old Norse hjón, hjún, hjú, from Proto-Germanic *hīwōnō.

hjon n

1. (archaic) household member
2. (archaic) servant

• fattighjon
• inhyseshjon
• tjänstehjon

• hjon in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• hjon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)