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
  • Swedish: hök
• 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