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Dictionary > Hofkiin

Word[?]
HOFK3N Hofkiin
Word Type[?]
noun
Pronunciation[?]
/ˈhof kə, ˈhɔf kə/
Official Definition[?]

Home
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition[?]

n. home; homeland

Usage[?]

Het mah siigonis Neivaan wo wundun Gut nol hofkiin, dir voth zin ko ahmik do Zeymahzin.
[Here fell the lizard Nievaan, who wandered Far from home, and died with honor in service of the Companions.]
(Unused Word Wall for Gut, Throw Voice)

Connotations[?]

Birthplace, the hall where one was born and raised.

Etymology[?]

May derive from an unattested word hof meaning ‘hall’, and kiin ‘birth’, lit. ‘hall of birth’.

Notes[?]

Hof is Old English for ‘house, dwelling, hall, or court’.