Höfga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfga" (or hǫfga) in Norwegian.

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

höfga (hǫfga): höfga, v. (að) 1) gjøre tung (höfugr 1);óhreinn andi höfgaði steinana Heilag.I, 20917 (Leif. 14524); höfga-ðu hirzlurþessar með grjóti ok sökk þeim í sjó-far djúp Post. 53421. 2) gjøre nogensøvnig, sløv, dorsk (jvf höfugr 3, höfgi 5);upers. m. Dat. rann á hana úmeginshöfgi,en þegar es henni höfgaði Bp. I, 35420(319); m. Akk., kendi hún óhœginda okhöfgaði hana Bp. I, 36935.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚵᛆ
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:

Dat.: Dativ.

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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