Höfðingligr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðingligr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðingligr" (or hǫfðingligr) in Norwegian.

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

höfðingligr (hǫfðingligr): höfðingligr, adj. 1) saadan som har Ud- seende af at være höfðingi; þat varmál manna, at eigi hafði sét 3 mennhöfðingligri en þessa Fm. VII, 633. 2) saadan som tilhører, tilkommer höfð-ingi, = höfðingjasamligr; hverjum þeimhöfðingligum rétt, sem henni var settr,kastaði hón á golf fram Stj. 20733;þá er jarl var í kristskirkju, var hon-um veitt höfðinglig tign Fm. IX, 27713;var þat yðr úhöfðingligt at fara þvíeinu fram, er vélræðum sætti Fm. VI,26025.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛚᛁᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

m.: Masculin.

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