Höfðingjanafn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðingjanafn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðingjanafn" (or hǫfðingjanafn) in Norwegian.

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

höfðingjanafn (hǫfðingjanafn): höfðingjanafn, n. Navn og Værdighed som höfðingi; tók S. forstjórn yfir flokk-inum ok höfðingjanafn Fm. VII, 59.

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, höfðingjanafn may be more accurately written as hǫfðingjanafn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁᛆᚿᛆᚠᚿ
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.

S.: Side.

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