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Meaning & History
Förstemann derives this name from the stem hôc that he relates to the Old Norse word hoekingr "sword, that cuts off the extremities".The name may be related to the Name Hoc (father of Hnæf) in the Beowulf, because one important Houching was father of Hnabi, the founder of a ruling house of the Alemans