Höfuðíss

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðíss

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðíss" (or hǫfuðíss) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðíss (hǫfuðíss)
höfuðíss, m. landfast Is; S. hefr sik álopt ok hleypr yfir fljótit meðal höfuð-ísa Nj. 93 (1445); hún (nl. áin) varopin eptir miðju, en höfuðísar at útanSturl. I, 1234.

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, höfuðíss may be more accurately written as hǫfuðíss.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛁᛋᛋ
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:

m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.
S.
Side.

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