Hjalmhöttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hjalmhöttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hjalmhöttr" (or hjalmhǫttr) in Norwegian.

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

hjalmhöttr (hjalmhǫttr): hjalmhattr eller hjalmhöttr, m. Hat eller Hætte, som bæres ovenpaa Hjelmen saa- ledes at denne dækkes deraf (jvf hannhefir dregit hatt síðan yfir hjalm Eg.60 (1349) og Flat. I, 611); nú er högg-inn af honum hans hjalmhattr ok hansvápnrokkr, en heill er hans hjalmr okbrynja Didr. 913; höggva til hans áhans hjalmhött ok sundr hjalmhöttinn,ok ekki vætta bitr hjalminn Didr.28534.

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, hjalmhöttr may be more accurately written as hjalmhǫttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛁᛆᛚᛘᚼᚯᛏᛏᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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