Höfuðlist

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðlist

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðlist" (or hǫfuðlist) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðlist (hǫfuðlist)
höfuðlist, f. = höfuðíþrótt, höfuðvél. Mar.37435 jvf 23. 4394. 11223. 11239; Post.49727; Kgs. 13839 jvf 33.

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, höfuðlist may be more accurately written as hǫfuðlist.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛚᛁᛋᛏ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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