hafoc

Old English

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Alternative forms

• hebuc
• hafuc, hæfuc
• heafoc, heafuc — Mercian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *habuk.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian havek, Old Saxon havuk, Old Dutch havek, Old High German habuh, Old Norse haukr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.fok/, [ˈhɑ.vok]

Noun

hafoc m

1. hawk
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24‎^[1]:

     Iċ eom wunderliċu wiht, wrǣsne mīne stefne, hwīlum beorce swā hund, hwīlum blǣte swā gāt, hwīlum grǣde swā gōs, hwīlum ġielle swā hafoc,…

     I am a wonderful thing, change my voice, sometimes bark like a hound, sometimes bleat like a goat, sometimes cry like a goose, sometimes yell like a hawk,…

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hafoc	hafocas
accusative	hafoc	hafocas
genitive	hafoces	hafoca
dative	hafoce	hafocum

Derived terms

• gūþhafoc
• hafoccynn
• hafocere
• hafocfugol
• *hafocian
• hafocung
• hafocwyrt

Descendants

• Middle English: hauk, hafek, havek, havk, hawk, hawke, hafvek, hævek, heavek, hevek (Early Middle English)
  • English: hawk
    • Sranan Tongo: aka
  • Scots: hawk
• → Old Irish: sebac
  • Irish: seabhac
  • Manx: shawk
  • Scottish Gaelic: seabhag
• → Old Welsh: hebauc
  • Welsh: hebog

See also

• hǣswealwe