Höfðakoddi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðakoddi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðakoddi" (or hǫfðakoddi) in Norwegian.

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

höfðakoddi (hǫfðakoddi): höfðakoddi, n. Hovedpude (jvf höfða-bulstr, höfðadýna); hvítr höfðakoddiDn. III, 16036.

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, höfðakoddi may be more accurately written as hǫfðakoddi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛆᚴᚮᚦᚦᛁ
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.