Höfuðskóli

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðskóli

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðskóli" (or hǫfuðskóli) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðskóli (hǫfuðskóli): höfuðskóli, m. Høiskole; sendi son sínnvestr í Franz í þann höfuðskóla, erhaldinn er í Paris. Mar. 103812.

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, höfuðskóli may be more accurately written as hǫfuðskóli.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛋᚴᚮᛚᛁ
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.