Höfuðkonungr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðkonungr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðkonungr" (or hǫfuðkonungr) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðkonungr (hǫfuðkonungr): höfuðkonungr, m. fornem, mægtig Konge, som hersker over stort Land eller mangeUndergivne (jvf þjóðkonungr); höfuð-konungrinn í Holmgarði Þ.Jón 5817jvf 5917; h. sá, er Qvinkvennar hétKlm. 41024; Salatres h. á dóttur einaFlov. 1557; Forns. Suðrl. 20613 fg;dóttur höfuðkonungs Priami SE. I, 225.

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, höfuðkonungr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðkonungr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚴᚮᚿᚢᚿᚵᚱ
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.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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