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hafoc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hafoc, hafuc, heafoc, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§48; §57; §78; §197; §293; §341;
A hawk; accipiter
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  • Heafuc

    accipiter,

    • Wrt. Voc. 77, 15
    • .
  • Mid hafoce

    accipitre,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 15, 17, 31, 37
    • .
  • Gód hafoc

    a good hawk,

    • Beo. Th. 4519
    • ;
    • .B. 2263
    • .
  • Sum sceal wildne fugol átemian heafoc

    one shall tame the wild bird, the hawk,

    • Exon. 88 b
    • ;
    • Th. 332, 16
    • ;
    • Vy. 86
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. havek
:
Icel. haukr
:
O. H. Ger. hapuh, habich
:
Ger. habicht
.]
Derived forms
gós-, gúþ-, mús-, spear-, wealh-hafoc, The word is found in many names of places, see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. index.
Linked entries
v.  heafoc.
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