Hönk

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hönk

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hönk" (or hǫnk) in Norwegian.

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

hönk (hǫnk): hönk, f. (G. hankar, N. Pl. henkr) Hank,Ring; skaltu gera kistu at móðurmínni ok undan (for undir?) knakka,reka síðan á kistuna starkar henkrFlóam. 13 (1328 fg); sá er annarr garðr,er heitir rimagarðr, þar skolu vera 4rimar í ok okar á endum, ok festasvá fast með hönkum, at eigi falliniðr fyrir vindi eða búfé Landsl. 7,298; toga hönk dvs. drage saaledes i enog samme hönk med en anden Person,at de søge at drage den fra hinanden (hvorom se Ghm. II, 208 fg); mér þótti,sem við Sveinn konungr fyndimst okhéldim á einni hönk ok togaðim, okþótti mér hann draga af mér hönkinaFm. VI, 31217; þótti mér, sem viðÁsgrímr - togaðim eina hönk okmisti hann Flóam. 24 (1462), jvf áhank-ast; om Ring paa Sverd: var hönká meðalkaflanum, ok dró hann hanaá hönd sér ok lét þar hanga EG. 60(1358); hann brá þá sverðinu Jökuls-naut, en hann hafði hönk á meðal-kaflinum ok smeygði á hönd sér, þvígerði hann svá, at hann þóttist heldrmega taka til þess, er hann vildi, eflaus væri höndin Grett. 5129.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚿᚴ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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