Höfuðengill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðengill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðengill" (or hǫfuðengill) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðengill (hǫfuðengill)
höfuðengill, m. Erkeengel, = höfuðárr;höfuðenglar ero þeir englar kallaðir,er en stœrsto guðs erendi reka Hom.17720; af því var Gabriel höfuðengill(jvf Gabriel yfirengill Mar. 1815) sendrtil Maríam heldr en einhverr annarra,at höfuðárr var makligr at boða &c.Leif. 6113 fg; Mikael höfuðengill (=Mikael archangelus Homil. 8921) Heilag.I, 68930. 34; Nj. 101 (15719).

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, höfuðengill may be more accurately written as hǫfuðengill.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚽᚿᚵᛁᛚᛚ
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:

c.
Capitel.
f.
Feminin.
m.
Masculin.

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