Meaning of hekte | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a small hook used to secure with an eyelet or similar, in order fasten clothing
   feminine
2. the hook and eyelet together; a hook and eye
   feminine
3. a state of health and wealth; (one's) senses
   feminine, idiomatic, in-plural
4. roof battens
   feminine
5. used in the fixed expression på hekta (“barely”)
   feminine

Examples

“kome til hektene (att)”

to recover (financially, medically, etc.)

“kome ut av hektene”

to decline (financially, medically, etc.)

“Og ved vegs ende kan både kropp, tanke og ikkje minst sjølkjensle vera så sliten at ein treng skryt og godord for å komma til hektene igjen.”

And by the end of the road, both body, thought and not least self-esteem may be so tired that one needs praise and good words to recover.

“Nokon kvar kan koma utav hektene når han får ei ung og pen kvinne om halsen.”

Any man can become unsensible when he has a young and beautiful woman around his neck.

“Ein konne få øireverk med mindre. Bror te kånå så bor tett atteme barneparken va ganske utav hektene itte denna spelingå.”

One could get earpain from less. Me brother-in-law who lives right by the child-park was pretty out-of-whack after that playing [of music].