Höfðingjaveldi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðingjaveldi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðingjaveldi" (or hǫfðingjaveldi) in Norwegian.

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

höfðingjaveldi (hǫfðingjaveldi)
höfðingjaveldi, n. Høvdings Magtstilling,Myndighed; síðan tók hann (nl. Niko-demus) skírn -, en Gyðingar tóku afhonum höfðingjaveldi Heilag. II, 2995.

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, höfðingjaveldi may be more accurately written as hǫfðingjaveldi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁᛆᚠᚽᛚᚦᛁ
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.
nl.
nemlig.

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