Höfuðlausn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðlausn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðlausn" (or hǫfuðlausn) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðlausn (hǫfuðlausn): höfuðlausn, f. Hovedets, Livets Frelse; saakaldtes et kvæði, som en fremførte, recite-rede for Kongen i det Øiemed derved at for-milde hans Vrede saaledes, at han kundeundgaa den ham ellers forestaaende Død; sjá drápa er kölluð Höfuðlausn, erÓttarr orti um Ólaf konung, fyrir þvíat Óttarr þá höfuð sítt frá bana atkvæðislaunum Flat. III, 24233; jvfFm. XI, 20411; Eg. 63 (14822).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛚᛆᚢᛋᚿ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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