Höfuðsbani

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðsbani

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðsbani" (or hǫfuðsbani) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðsbani (hǫfuðsbani)
höfuðsbani, m. = höfuðbani. SE. I,35410; Laxd. 55 (16314); Heilag. I, 28340.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛋᛒᛆᚿᛁ
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:

m.
Masculin.

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