Höfðingjahlutr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðingjahlutr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðingjahlutr" (or hǫfðingjahlutr) in Norwegian.

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

höfðingjahlutr (hǫfðingjahlutr): höfðingjahlutr, m. saadan Del af Byttet (herfang), som ved dets Deling tilfalder,tilkommer Høvdingen; er þeir skylduskipta herfangi, þá mælti Sveinn, atallir skyldu jafnmikit hafa, nema hannhefði höfðingjahlut, því hann kvazteinn hafa fyrir verit, ok sagði jarlhafa fengit þá til liðs við sik Flat. II,4697.

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, höfðingjahlutr may be more accurately written as hǫfðingjahlutr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁᛆᚼᛚᚢᛏᚱ
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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