Höfuðdróttning

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðdróttning

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðdróttning" (or hǫfuðdróttning) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðdróttning (hǫfuðdróttning)
höfuðdróttning, f. fornemste Dronning;var hún virð höfuðdróttning yfir öllumdróttningum konungs Stj. 54824 jvf Kgs.16528.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuðdróttning may be more accurately written as hǫfuðdróttning.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚦᚱᚮᛏᛏᚿᛁᚿᚵ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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