Höfuðgjald

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðgjald

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðgjald" (or hǫfuðgjald) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðgjald (hǫfuðgjald)
höfuðgjald, n. Kapital, = höfuðsumma(mnt. hovetgelt Mnd. Wb. II, 319). Dn.IX, 3179.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚵᛁᛆᛚᚦ
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:

n.
Neutrum.

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