haukr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Declension of haukr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative haukr haukrinn haukar haukarnir
accusative hauk haukinn hauka haukana
dative hauki haukinum haukum haukunum
genitive hauks hauksins hauka haukanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: haukur
  • Faroese: heykur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hauk
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: hauk
  • Elfdalian: ok
  • Old Swedish: hø̄ker
  • Old Danish: høk
    • Danish: høg
      • Norwegian Bokmål: høk (obsolete)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “haukr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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