hæcce

See also: haecce

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hakkā (“hoe, crook, hook”). Akin to hōc, haca, and to Old Norse hœkja (“crutch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæk.ke/, [ˈhæk.ke]

Noun

hæcce f

1. crosier

Declension

Declension of hæcce (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hæcce	hæccan
accusative	hæccan	hæccan
genitive	hæccan	hæccena
dative	hæccan	hæccum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hæcce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• “hækja” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)