Höfuðbiskup

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðbiskup

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðbiskup" (or hǫfuðbiskup) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðbiskup (hǫfuðbiskup)
höfuðbiskup, m. Ypperstepræst; hundheið-inn höfuðbiskup (= lat. pontifex om-nium illorum idolorum Cod. Apocr.N. T. (Hamburg 1703) S. 5757) Effesi-borgar, er Aristodimus hét Post. 48432.

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, höfuðbiskup may be more accurately written as hǫfuðbiskup.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛒᛁᛋᚴᚢᛕ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
S.
Side.

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