Höfuðdúkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðdúkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðdúkr" (or hǫfuðdúkr) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðdúkr (hǫfuðdúkr): höfuðdúkr, m. Dug, Klæde som bruges (af Kvinder) til dermed at bedække sit Hoved (gsv. hovuþduker Schlyter 282 b;mnt. hovetdok Mnd. Wb. II, 319 a24).DN. III, 10612; fim höfuðdúkar fyrirhalfa mörk DN. IV, 21731; hann tókþar ur refil sextugan at lengd ok höfuð-dúk tuttugu alna langan ok ofit í glitaf gulli í þrim stöðum Gísl. 2121 (10510);mælti til konunnar, at hón skyldi fáhonum sínn höfuðdúk -, hann tókhöfuðdúkinn ok sveipar um höfuð sérDidr. 22620 fg; Ástríðr vafði höfuðdúkiat Helga (for saaledes at forklæde hamsom en Kvinde) Nj. 130 (20017 fg); kastaaf höfði þér skautum ok höfuðdúkfyrir þí, at þú er skær jungfrú Stj.20829; eitt flek, sem Höfuðdúkr heitirDN. IV, 8888.

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, höfuðdúkr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðdúkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚦᚢᚴᚱ
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.

v.: Verbum.

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