Höfða

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfða

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfða" (or hǫfða) in Norwegian.

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

höfða (hǫfða): höfða, v. (að) 1) forsyne med Hoved (höf-uð), se. höfðaðr. 2) halshugge, berøve Hovedet, = afhöfða (ght. haubitjanGraff IV, 75933; mnt. hoveden Mnd. Wb. II, 312 b16 fgg); kallar, at annarr skyldifá honum agnsaxit at höfða fiskinnHerv. 2654 jvf 6 (Fld. I, 48920 jvf 23);hann lét drepa Petr biskup fyrir háð-ungar sakir við þik, ok lét höfða hannþér til úsœmdar Klm. 37113. 3) fremføre en Sag, Anklage (sök) saaledes, at denskal gaa ud over en Person, ramme ham (á hönd, á hendr e-m); um sök þessa, erek höfðaða á hönd Flosa Nj. 133 (2341823826. 2391 jvf 23314); hverja búa ekskal kveðja til sakar þeirrar, er ekhefi höfðat á hönd honum Grg. I, 4021jvf 8327; með því, at sök er höfðuð áhendr lendum manni Fm. VII, 13320;er hann hefir at engo mál höfðat þá,er hann andast Grg. I, 1261; ef þessisök er rétt höfðuð Grág. 26226.

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, höfða may be more accurately written as hǫfða.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛆ
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.

v.: Verbum.

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