Höknippa

Old Swedish Dictionary - höknippa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "höknippa" (or høknippa) in Swedish.

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

höknippa (høknippa)
ss tillnamn. kadrin höknippan SSkb 17 (1501-02). erick höknippan nielsson ib 92 (1503-04).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • hööknipper HLG 2: 13 (1509) ),

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

Works and authors cited:

SSkb
Stockholms Stads Skottebok 1501--1510. Utg. genom H. Hildebrand. 1889, 1915. SSKb 2:= Stock Skb
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