Höfðingjasonr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðingjasonr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðingjasonr" (or hǫfðingjasonr) in Norwegian.

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

höfðingjasonr (hǫfðingjasonr): höfðingjasonr, m. Søn af en Høvding.Hrafnk. 1416.

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, höfðingjasonr may be more accurately written as hǫfðingjasonr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁᛆᛋᚮᚿᚱ
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.