Höfgavara

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfgavara

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfgavara" (or hǫfgavara) in Norwegian.

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

höfgavara (hǫfgavara)
höfgavara, f. tunge Varer, = þungavar-naðr, þungavarningr. Grg. II, 7122.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚵᛆᚠᛆᚱᛆ
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:

f.
Feminin.
gr.
græft.

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