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Háukon (given name)

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Old Norse

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The name Háukon is of Old Norse and originates from Scandinavia. The term Scandinavia covers the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Other synonym names are Hákon, Haakon, Hakon, Haukur, Haukr. Name is also related to Danish given name Hagen.

Etymology

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Of debated meaning; The name stems from name HaukR (“one who grips, catches”)[1] meaning "Hawk", from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”).[2] It is also believed it refers to "high son" from "high" and konr "son, descendant".[3]

Ancient Germanic

  • Haƀuka- = 'hawk', 'falcon'; 'raven' (poet.); 'young and brave man'[4]
  • Habukōn = 'to be like a hawk'[5][6]

Old Norse

  • Haukr = 'hawk'[7]
  • Haukr = 'hawk', 'falcon'; 'raven' (poet.); 'young and brave man'[8][9]

Old Saxon

  • Haƀuc = 'hawk', 'falcon'; 'raven' (poet.); 'young and brave man'[8]

Old High German

  • Habuh = 'hawk', 'falcon'; 'raven' (poet.); 'young and brave man'[8]

Old Frisian

  • Havek = 'hawk', 'falcon'; 'raven' (poet.); 'young and brave man'[8]

Old English

  • Heafoc = 'hawk'hawk', 'falcon'; 'raven' (poet.); 'young and brave man'[8]
  • Hafoc = 'hawk', 'falcon'; 'raven' (poet.); 'young and brave man'[8]

Noun

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Hauk m[10](definite singular Hauken.

Kan du se háukene på himmelen? Can you see the hawks in the sky?

Namesakes

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References

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  1. ^ "Hauk". popular-babynames.com.
  2. ^ "HaukR - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics". www.nordicnames.de.
  3. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Håkon". Behind the Name.
  4. ^ Wikimedia Commons: Image by Tiesse, source & license
  5. ^ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
  6. ^ Per Vikstrand: Förkristna sakrala personnamn i Skandinavien (Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica 27 (2009), 5–31)
  7. ^ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  8. ^ a b c d e f Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  9. ^ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  10. ^ "The Old Norse World". skaldic.abdn.ac.uk.
  11. ^ "Sagan af Hákoni herðibreið – heimskringla.no". heimskringla.no.
  12. ^ "Hákonarmál – heimskringla.no". www.heimskringla.no.
  13. ^ Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-34520-5.
  14. ^ Poole, Russell (November 10, 2012). "Guthormr sindri, Hákonardrápa". Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. 1: 156–156 – via skaldic.abdn.ac.uk.
  15. ^ Poole, Russell (November 10, 2012). "Text - Guthormr sindri, Hákonardrápa". abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?table=text&id=1216.
  16. ^ "Hauksbók | Manuscript | Handrit.is". handrit.is.