Heraðshöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - heraðshöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "heraðshöfðingi" (or heraðshǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

heraðshöfðingi (heraðshǫfðingi)
heraðshöfðingi, m. Høvding som har atraade i eller over et Hered. Post. 74030;i Sverige: heraðshöfðingi í sama her-aði (dvs. Aska herað i Östergötland) DN.X, 83; paa Island om Personer somhave stor Magt og Indflydelse, havemeget at sige, ere ríkir (Fbr. 710) iHeredet: Fbr. 1218; Vatsd. 47 (8017);ek em því hér kominn, at ek vil, atþú réttir hlut mínn, því at ek kallaþik heraðshöfðingja ok skyldan at réttaþeirra manna hlut, er áðr eru van-hluta Eb. 31 (558).

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚽᚱᛆᚦᛋᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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:

m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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