Höfuðbarmr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðbarmr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðbarmr" (or hǫfuðbarmr) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðbarmr (hǫfuðbarmr)
höfuðbarmr, m. = höfuðbaðmr; ef hanná önnur börn (nl. end dem, som tilligeere hans gjenlevende Enkes), þá hverfiþau í höfuðbarm sínn Gul. 1173 fg;ero menn (nl. tölumenn) til í höfuð-barm ok í kven(n)svift Gul. 1051 fg

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, höfuðbarmr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðbarmr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛒᛆᚱᛘᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.

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