Halshöggva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - halshöggva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "halshöggva" (or halshǫggva) in Norwegian.

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

halshöggva (halshǫggva)
halshöggva, v. (hjó) hugge Hovedet af en,halshugge. Fris. 429 (Yngl. 4); Stj. 2653.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛆᛚᛋᚼᚯᚵᚵᚠᛆ
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:

s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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