Häkker

Old Swedish Dictionary - häkker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "häkker" (or hækker) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

häkker (hækker): häck, af törnebuskar o. d. bestående hägnad? häck, på en hö- el. packvagn el. annanstädes ss hägnad och infattning anbragt spjälverk? som koto sek man kaster ower hek swa böria gumman grymtha MD (S) 223.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so häkker may have also been written as hækker

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛅᚴᚴᚽᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

MD: Svenska Medeltids dikter och rim. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1881--82. SFSS.