Höfuðhégómi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðhégómi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðhégómi" (or hǫfuðhégómi) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðhégómi (hǫfuðhégómi): höfuðhégómi, m. stor Vildfarelse eller Løgn.Ridd. 1547.

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, höfuðhégómi may be more accurately written as hǫfuðhégómi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚼᚽᚵᚮᛘᛁ
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:

gn.: gammelnorsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.