- hafoc
- m (-es/hafecas) hawk
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
hafoc
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hafoc — hawk … The Old English to English
gúðhafoc — m ( es/ as) war hawk, eagle … Old to modern English dictionary
hawk — hafoc … English to the Old English
Halksworth — This interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is locational from two places so called, in the West Riding of Yorkshire and in Nottinghamshire. The placenames are derived from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name… … Surnames reference
Hawkshaw — This interesting surname is of Northern English locational origin from district in Lancashire adjoining the West Riding of Yorkshire called Hawkshaw. Now considerably reduced, this ecclesiastical district survives as a field name. The component… … Surnames reference
Hawksworth — This interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is locational from two places so called, in the West Riding of Yorkshire and in Nottinghamshire. The placenames are derived from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name… … Surnames reference
Hawson — This interesting name is of medieval English origin and is the patronymic (son of) form of the name Hawkin, itself a diminutive of Hawk, which is Hafoc in Old English and means hawk (the bird). Hafoc would have originally been given to one with… … Surnames reference
Hoxey — This most interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is thought to be a variant of Houxty , a locational name from a place so called in Northumberland, from the Olde English pre 7th Century hogg , a hog, and stigu , sty,… … Surnames reference
Accipiter fuscus — Hawk Hawk (h[add]k), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. h[ o]k, Dan. h[ o]g, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of numerous species and genera of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Archibuteo lagopus — Hawk Hawk (h[add]k), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. h[ o]k, Dan. h[ o]g, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of numerous species and genera of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
