Höfðatal

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðatal

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðatal" (or hǫfðatal) in Norwegian.

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

höfðatal (hǫfðatal): höfðatal, n. Antal af Hoveder (jvf höfuð 3);líta á múga sínn ok höfðatal Kgs. 7714;allr þessi múgr ógnar með öngu öðruen höfðatali Alex. 752; ef maðr dreprfærri geitr, svín eða sauði höfðatals(dvs. i Tallet) en 4, þá bœti - Landsl. 7, 377.

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, höfðatal may be more accurately written as hǫfðatal.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛆᛏᛆᛚ
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.

s.: substantiv.

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