Höfuðskjalfti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðskjalfti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðskjalfti" (or hǫfuðskjalfti) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðskjalfti (hǫfuðskjalfti)
höfuðskjalfti, m. den Egenskab eller Svag- hed hos et Menneske, at det ryster med Hovedet; höfuðskjalfti svá sem at riðu-sótt Stj. 4323 (1 Mos. 4, 15).

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, höfuðskjalfti may be more accurately written as hǫfuðskjalfti.

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

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