Hækinn
Old Norse Dictionary - hækinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "hækinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hækinn
- adj. [Ivar Aasen hæken; Dan. higen], greedy, voracious, Merl., Bret. (1849) 44.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚴᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)