Hauk-ey
Old Norse Dictionary - hauk-ey
Meaning of Old Norse word "hauk-ey"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hauk-ey
- f. hawk island, Sighvat; the old poët calls Norway the hawk island of the Danish king Harold, because he got a tribute of hawks from that land, Fms. vi. 44 (v. l.), cp. x. 341.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚢᚴ-ᛁᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)