Höfuðsár

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðsár

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðsár" (or hǫfuðsár) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðsár (hǫfuðsár)
höfuðsár, n. Saar som nogen har faaet isit Hoved. Landsl. 4, 1913; Gunl. 12(26920); Flat. II, 36416.

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, höfuðsár may be more accurately written as hǫfuðsár.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛋᛆᚱ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
n.
Neutrum.
nl.
nemlig.

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