Höfuðlýti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðlýti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðlýti" (or hǫfuðlýti) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðlýti (hǫfuðlýti)
höfuðlýti, n. Feil, Lyde, Last som over-gaar alle andre, er en af de største ogvigtigste; varast ok einkanliga - -þau 7 höfuðlýti, sem rót ok grundvöllrer allra lýta (nl. ofneyzla matar okdrykkjar, fúll ok úreinn líkams sínslifnaðr, sparlig sínka, slenskaplig leti,yfirgjarnligt stórlæti, heiptug reiði, sorg-bitin öfund) Hirðskrá 286.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛚᛦᛏᛁ
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:

n.
Neutrum.
nl.
nemlig.

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