haukr

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Old Norse

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *habukaz, whence also Old English hafoc, Old Saxon havuk, Old High German habuch. Probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize).

Noun

haukr m

  1. hawk

Declension

Descendants

  • Danish: høg c
  • Faroese: heykur m
  • Finnish: haukka

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References

  • haukr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press