Where does “hæfnd” come from?

hæfnd (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse hefnd, from Old Norse hefna — avenge.

Ancestry of “hæfnd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehefndrevenge
2Old Norsehefnaavenge

Words derived from “hæfnd”

Every word from Old Norse hefna →Every word from Old Norse hefnd →
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