Fjölhöfðaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjölhöfðaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjölhöfðaðr" (or fjǫlhǫfðaðr) in Norwegian.

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

fjölhöfðaðr (fjǫlhǫfðaðr)
fjölhöfðaðr, adj. som har mange Hoveder. Hým. 35 (NFkv. 111 a).

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, fjölhöfðaðr may be more accurately written as fjǫlhǫfðaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛚᚼᚯᚠᚦᛆᚦᚱ
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.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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