Höfðingjamerki

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðingjamerki

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðingjamerki" (or hǫfðingjamerki) in Norwegian.

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

höfðingjamerki (hǫfðingjamerki): höfðingjamerki, n. Fane, Mærke som til-hører Høvdingen, Anføreren; hann barhöfðingjamerki Bagla Fm. VIII, 3569.

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, höfðingjamerki may be more accurately written as hǫfðingjamerki.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁᛆᛘᚽᚱᚴᛁ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

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