Hautville Coit
Preserved but no longer current.
See HACKELL'S COIT. Havelok the Dane (haV lok). A hero of mediseval romance. He was the orphan son of Birkabegn, king of Denmark, was exposed at sea through the treachery of his guardians, and the raft drifted to the coast of Lincolnshire. Here a fisherman named Grim found the young prince, and brought him up as his own son.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Hautville Coit” mean?
See HACKELL'S COIT. Havelok the Dane (haV lok). A hero of mediseval romance. He was the orphan son of Birkabegn, king of Denmark, was exposed at sea through the treachery of his guardians, and the raft drifted to the coast of Lincolnshire. Here a fisherman named Grim found the young prince, and brought him up as his own son.
Is “Hautville Coit” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.