Haka
Old Norse Dictionary - haka
Meaning of Old Norse word "haka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word haka can mean:haka
- haka
- u, f. [Swed. haka; Dan. hage], the chin, Eg. 305; skeggit við hökuna, 564; höku ok kjálka, Fms. ii. 59, xi. 139, n. G. L. i. 339, Edda; undir-haka, a double chin.
- haka
- COMPDS: hökubein, hökulangr, hökumikill, hökuskarð, hökuskegg.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)