"Hákon" meaning in Old Norse

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Proper name

Forms: Hákonar [genitive], Hákoni [dative], Hákon [accusative]
Etymology: Of debated meaning; possibly from Old Norse hár (“high”) or Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“horse”) and Old Norse konr (“descendant”). Etymology templates: {{cog|non|hár||high}} Old Norse hár (“high”), {{cog|gem-pro|*hanhaz||horse}} Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“horse”), {{cog|non|konr||descendant}} Old Norse konr (“descendant”) Head templates: {{head|non|proper noun|genitive|Hákonar|dative|Hákoni|accusative|Hákon|g=m}} Hákon m (genitive Hákonar, dative Hákoni, accusative Hákon)
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Old Norse given names, Old Norse male given names
    Sense id: en-Hákon-non-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Hákon"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Hákon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Hákon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Hákun"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Hákun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Hákun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Håkon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Håkan"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Håkan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Håkan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Hågen"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Hågen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Hågen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "Ꙗкунъ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old East Slavic: Ꙗкунъ (Jakunŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old East Slavic: Ꙗкунъ (Jakunŭ)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hár",
        "3": "",
        "4": "high"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hár (“high”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hanhaz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "horse"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“horse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "konr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "descendant"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse konr (“descendant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of debated meaning; possibly from Old Norse hár (“high”) or Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“horse”) and Old Norse konr (“descendant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hákonar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hákoni",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hákon",
      "tags": [
        "accusative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Hákonar",
        "5": "dative",
        "6": "Hákoni",
        "7": "accusative",
        "8": "Hákon",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Hákon m (genitive Hákonar, dative Hákoni, accusative Hákon)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Old Norse given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Old Norse male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Hákon-non-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hákon"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Hákon"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Hákon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Hákon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Hákun"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Hákun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Hákun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Håkon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Håkan"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Håkan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Håkan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Hågen"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Hågen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Hågen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "Ꙗкунъ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old East Slavic: Ꙗкунъ (Jakunŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old East Slavic: Ꙗкунъ (Jakunŭ)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hár",
        "3": "",
        "4": "high"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hár (“high”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hanhaz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "horse"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“horse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "konr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "descendant"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse konr (“descendant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of debated meaning; possibly from Old Norse hár (“high”) or Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“horse”) and Old Norse konr (“descendant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hákonar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hákoni",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hákon",
      "tags": [
        "accusative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Hákonar",
        "5": "dative",
        "6": "Hákoni",
        "7": "accusative",
        "8": "Hákon",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Hákon m (genitive Hákonar, dative Hákoni, accusative Hákon)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse given names",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse male given names",
        "Old Norse masculine nouns",
        "Old Norse proper nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hákon"
}

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