Hökta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hökta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hökta" (or hǫkta) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

hökta (hǫkta)
hökta, v. (kt) opføres i Oxf., men i dennye Udgave af Bárð. forekommer ikkeOrdet, og Fld. II, 36912 staar höktirmaaske for húktir Præt. af húka: ekbar saman fé þítt, en þú höktir kyrr.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, hökta may be more accurately written as hǫkta.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚴᛏᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.
Feminin.
v.
Verbum.

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