hauk

hauk

1. indefinite accusative singular of haukur
2. indefinite dative singular of haukur

• hafek, havek, havk, hawk, hawke
• hafvek, hævek, heavek, hevek (early)

From Old English hafoc.

• IPA^(key): /hau̯k/, /ˈhavək/, /hafk/

hauk (plural haukes or haveken)

1. hawk (A bird of the family Accipitridae)
2. falcon (A bird of the genus Falco)

• goshauk
• sparhauk

• English: hawk
  • Sranan Tongo: aka
• Scots: hawk

• “hauk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”). Replaced older høk, from Danish høg.

• IPA^(key): /hæʉk/

hauk m (definite singular hauken, indefinite plural hauker, definite plural haukene)

1. a hawk

   Ser du haukene på himmelen?

   Can you see the hawks in the sky?

• tverrhalehauk

• “hauk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• høk (dialectal, Østerdalsmål)

From Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”). Akin to English hawk.

• IPA^(key): /hœʊːk/

hauk m (definite singular hauken, indefinite plural haukar, definite plural haukane)

1. a hawk

   Ser du haukane på himmelen?

   Can you see the hawks in the sky?

• tverrhalehauk

• “hauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

hauk

1. accusative singular of haukr

hauk (nominative plural hauks)

1. hawk