Höfuðskörungr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðskörungr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðskörungr" (or hǫfuðskǫrungr) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðskörungr (hǫfuðskǫrungr): höfuðskörungr, m. særdeles uforfærdetPerson; kölluðu Steinvöru systur hanshöfuðskörung ok vera líkliga til fram-hvata við Halfdan bónda sínn Sturl.II, 514.

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, höfuðskörungr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðskǫrungr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛋᚴᚯᚱᚢᚿᚵᚱ
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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