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

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• “hœkja” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen