Slaghhöker

Old Swedish Dictionary - slaghhöker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "slaghhöker" (or slaghhøker) in Swedish.

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

slaghhöker (slaghhøker)
slaghök, duvhök. store slagh höka (rubrik) somme höka ärw store tha likowäl haffwa the samma natwr som the smaa hökana. .. wtan thet the ärw starkaren til ath gripa fjäderhana. gäs. tranor. hara. raagether. när the ärw thär til tamme mädh hwndenom PMSkr 276.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

PM
Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.
PMSkr
Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.
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