Höfuðgjarn
Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðgjarnMeaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðgjarn" (or hǫfuðgjarn) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- höfuðgjarn (hǫfuðgjarn)
- höfuðgjarn, adj. tilbøielig til at tage ensHoved eller Liv; ekki fór fjarri mínnigetu, at honum mundi höfuðgjarntverða dvs. at det vilde foraarsage hansDød, Flat. III, 45019; jvf Sturl. I, 8310med &vl 2.
Part of speech: adj
Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuðgjarn may be more accurately written as hǫfuðgjarn.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚵᛁᛆᚱᚿ
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:
- adj.
- Adjectiv.
- lat.
- latinsk.
- s.
- substantiv.