Höfuðburðr
Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðburðrMeaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðburðr" (or hǫfuðburðr) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- höfuðburðr (hǫfuðburðr)
- höfuðburðr, m. Anseelse (jvf bera höf-uðit hátt, lágt Nj. 60 (946); Sturl. II,1289 (Side 166 a23 fgg); tók Klareval mik-inn höfuðburð yfir öðrum klaustrumsakir síns upphafara Mar. 19430; gerðihann sjalfr söktal ok skip(aði) háttumhverjum eftir sínum höfuðburð ok met-orði Flat. I, 56326; þar, sem nú sýnistœztr höfuðburðr í hans kynferð, munbráðast tapanin koma Bp. II, 1563;e-m er höfuðburðr at e-u dvs. en harÆre af noget, Hænsn. 2 (12511); Flóam.4 (12313); guð vildi hans helgan dómþangat flytja láta, er enn er meirihöfuðburðr at, en þar, er áðr var hannPost. 76535; at þú mættir sýsla mérnökkura aðra staðfestu norðr þar ísveitum þá, er höfuðburðr væri at Bp.46734 (Sturl. I, 11430).
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, höfuðburðr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðburðr.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛒᚢᚱᚦᚱ
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.
- n.
- Neutrum.
- p.
- Pagina, side.
- s.
- substantiv.
Also available in related dictionaries:
This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages related to Old Norwegian.