Höfðingskapr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfðingskapr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfðingskapr" (or hǫfðingskapr) in Norwegian.

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

höfðingskapr (hǫfðingskapr): höfðingskapr, m. 1) = höfðingjaskapr;Þorkell Eyjolfsson sitr í búi sínu, íhöfðingskap sínum Laxd. 74 (21115);hélzt nú af nýju höfðingskapr EinarsOH. 17935 (Flat. II, 3066); þá sömukirkju, sem Johannes baptista heldrhöfðingskap yfir (dvs. hvori hans heilagrdómr dýrkast) Heilag. II, 8527 jvf 25. 2) Forrangen, den fornemste Plads;berr enn várrar frú líkneski höfðing-skap af öðrum Mar. 55811. 3) Egen-skab, Gjerning som viser, at nogen virkeliger en höfðingi, saadan som han børvære; mikill höfðingskapr er slíkt Grett.11525; hví vili þér svá skjótan endagera þess herradóms ok höfðingja-skapar, sem þér hafit mér sýnt Mar.53123. 4) = höfðingjar under höfðingi 4;þessi er sá, er hvárki líf né dauði,eigi englar né höfðingskapr, né máttr(Vulg. neque angeli neque principatusneque virtutes), ok engi önnur skepnamá frá skilja frá guðs ást Heilag. II,3564 jvf 35534 (Rom. 8, 38).

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, höfðingskapr may be more accurately written as hǫfðingskapr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛋᚴᛆᛕᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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