Hökt

Old Swedish Dictionary - hökt

Meaning of Old Swedish word "hökt" (or høkt) in Swedish.

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

hökt (høkt)
Jfr E. Wessén, Acta Philologica Scandinavica 1: 195 ff och E. Noreen, Meijerbergs ark. f. sv. ordforskn. 6: 28. 1) upp, högt. thaa sprang han iii resor op j hökt Prosadikter (Sju vise M C) 234. 2) med hög röst, högt. J Buddes b 58. ib. 99. Jfr högher 4.

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

Alternative forms or notes:
  • högt )

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

Works and authors cited:

Bu
Codex Bureanus. Se Lg.
J Buddes b
Jöns Buddes bok. Utg. genom O. F. Hultman. 1895.
Prosadikter
Prosadikter från Sveriges medeltid. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1887--89. SFSS.
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