Höfuðlauss

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðlauss

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðlauss" (or hǫfuðlauss) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðlauss (hǫfuðlauss): höfuðlauss, adj. 1) hovedløs, uden Hoved,berøvet sit Hoved. Hb. 1824; Klm.35432; munu þessir menn hafa drepithann, er oss sýndist hann blóðugr okhöfuðlauss (idet han nemlig hafði höf-uðit í hendr sér Flat. I, 55632) Flat.I, 5572; steypa e-n höfuðlausan tiljarðar Didr. 89; ganga höfuðlauss ádómsdegi fyrir e-n Sturl. I, 6823; svámikit eptirmál mun hér verða umbrennu þessa, at margan mun þat gerahöfuðlausan (dvs. at det vil medføre man-gan Mands Død) Nj. 131 (20329); íLibia fœðast ok höfuðlausir menn Stj. 9335. 2) = höfðingjalauss (jvf höfuð5); sitja við höfuðlausan her dvs. væreuden Høvding, uden Anfører for Hæren, Fm. IX, 2534; hversu lengi ætlar þú atberjast við höfuðlausa menn Flat. I,5536; jvf Fm. VIII, 26417.

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, höfuðlauss may be more accurately written as hǫfuðlauss.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛚᛆᚢᛋᛋ
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.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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