Digrhöfði

Old Norwegian Dictionary - digrhöfði

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "digrhöfði" (or digrhǫfði) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

digrhöfði (digrhǫfði): digrhöfði, adj. tykhovedet, som har et tykt,stort Hoved; som Øgenavn: Hávarðr d.DN. IV, 3002.

Part of speech: adj

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, digrhöfði may be more accurately written as digrhǫfði.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᛁᚵᚱᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

adj.: Adjectiv.