Há-kon

Old Norse Dictionary - há-kon

Meaning of Old Norse word "há-kon"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

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.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅ-ᚴᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Germ.: German.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

pr.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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