Höfuðbaugr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðbaugr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðbaugr" (or hǫfuðbaugr) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðbaugr (hǫfuðbaugr)
höfuðbaugr, m. den største, væsentligste baugr 3 af dem, som skulde betales iBod til den dræbtes Slægtninge, nl. densom Drabsmanden eller hans Søn havdeat betale til den dræbtes Søn ellerFader. Gul. 2181. 2431; Frost. 6, 32;Grg. I, 1935.

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, höfuðbaugr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðbaugr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛒᛆᚢᚵᚱ
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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