Höfðabulstr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðabulstr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðabulstr" (or hǫfðabulstr) in Norwegian.

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

höfðabulstr (hǫfðabulstr)
höfðabulstr, n. Hovedpude (jvf höfðadýna,höfðakoddi, höfðalag). Bolt. 16818 fg

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛆᛒᚢᛚᛋᛏᚱ
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:

n.
Neutrum.

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