Há-kon

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Há-kon

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 Há-kon

m. a pr. name, a family name within the old house of the Norse kings; as an appel. it seems to answer to A. S. heagestald, Germ. hagestolz, Icel. drengr, and to be identical with the mod. provincial Norse haaman (Ivar Aasen), a young, unmarried man.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛅ-ᚴᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
pr.: proper.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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