hœkja

See also: hækja

Old Norse

Etymology

Akin to Old English hæcce (“crosier”), and hōc (“hook”) (itself from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz).

Noun

hœkja f (genitive hœkju, plural hœkjur)

1. crutch

Descendants

• Faroese: høkja
• Icelandic: hækja
• Norwegian (Nynorsk): høkje
• Norn: hek

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• “hœkja” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen