Höfgi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfgi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfgi" (or hǫfgi) in Norwegian.

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

höfgi (hǫfgi): höfgi, m. 1) Tyngde, Vægt, hvad som ereller gjør tungt, = þungi 1. 2) tungeGjenstande, Vægt, = þungi 2; þá sagðim., at hann kendi enskis höfga, þá erhann bar hann Leif. 7615; máttu bryggj-urnar eigi upp halda (dvs. bære) höfgasvá miklum, sem á var Flat. II, 239;sá lutr, er í jörðu var svá, at eigimátti sjá, en þó hélt þat upp öllumhöfga krossins Hom. 14118. 3) Byrde,Last som bæres og føres frem paa Last-dyr eller i Fartøi, = þungi 3; tekrsíðan hest sínn ok allan höfgann afdýrinu ok berr í þenna laufskála Konr.7231. 4) Tilstand, Omstændighed, hvorafman føler sig trykket, betynget, forulem-pet, = þungi 4; margr hefir tekitmikinn (h)öfga ok þunga af því sundr-þykki DN. VIII, 523, jvf NL. I, 4456og Bp. I, 341 under höfugr. 5) Sløv-hed, Søvnighed, = þungi 5 (jvf höfga 2);hann sofnaði lítt, ok rann höfgi áhann í móti deginum OH. 20733 (Flat.II, 24228); jvf Fm. XI, 28823; sló á þáhöfga svá miklum, at þeir máttu eigivöku halda, ok sofna þeir allir Flat.I, 5424; sá hinn sami höfgi ok þungier nú kominn á augu biskupa várraAnecd. 211 (216); jvf úmegins höfgi Bp.I, 354, se under höfga 2.

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, höfgi may be more accurately written as hǫfgi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚵᛁ
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.

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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