Höfðingliga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðingliga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðingliga" (or hǫfðingliga) in Norwegian.

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

höfðingliga (hǫfðingliga): höfðingliga, adv. paa saadan Maade somdet sømmer sig for en Høvding, som manhar Ret til at vænte sig af ham; kall-aði, at þetta væri vel talat ok h. Flat.II, 42713; nema dróttinn miskunni sínniskepnu ok sendi henni fullting af sætisínu svá herraliga sem höfðingligaHeilag. I, 67914; lát þér nú verða h.við þenna mann Eg. 62 (1443); ferr þérþá bezt jafnan ok höfðingligast, ermest liggr við Nj. 140 (2283); er svásagt, at honum hafi flestir hlutir höfð-ingligast gefnir verit Nj. 127 (25419).

Part of speech: adv

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfðingliga may be more accurately written as hǫfðingliga.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛚᛁᚵᛆ
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:

adv.: Adverbium.

lat.: latinsk.

v.: Verbum.

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