hœkja

See also: hækja

Old Norse

Etymology

Akin to Old English hæcce (“crosier”), and hōc (“hook”) (itself from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz).

Noun

hœkja f (genitive hœkju, plural hœkjur)

  1. crutch

Descendants

  • Faroese: høkja
  • Icelandic: hækja
  • Norwegian (Nynorsk): høkje
  • Norn: hek

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • “hœkja” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
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