Höfuðfaðir

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðfaðir

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðfaðir" (or hǫfuðfaðir) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðfaðir (hǫfuðfaðir): höfuðfaðir, m. 1) en af det gamle Testa-mentes Patriarker. Stj. 876. 1327; Alex.644 fg; höfuðfeðr ok spámenn Stj. 2617;Heilag. 146. 2) Beskytter, Patron? hann(nl. Kolumba) er mikill guðs vin ok várreinkanligr patronus, þat er at skilja:várr höfuðfaðir ok formælandi við guðFlat. I, 26424.

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, höfuðfaðir may be more accurately written as hǫfuðfaðir.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚠᛆᚦᛁᚱ
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.

nl.: nemlig.

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