Höfuðsæti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðsæti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðsæti" (or hǫfuðsæti) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðsæti (hǫfuðsæti)
höfuðsæti, n. Hovedsæde, fornemste Op-holdssted. Kgs. 981. 14137.

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, höfuðsæti may be more accurately written as hǫfuðsæti.

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

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