Höfuðsmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðsmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðsmaðr" (or hǫfuðsmaðr) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðsmaðr (hǫfuðsmaðr): höfuðsmaðr, m. Person som staar eller gaari Spidsen for et Foretagende, er Formand (höfuð 5) for noget; eigi mundi þess dœmiverit hafa, at jafnmargir konungar okjarlar hafi haft sér at höfuðsmanni einnhertuga ok hlýddu hans boði ok banniPr. 3569; hverir gerast höfuðsmenn (=höfðingjar Flat. II, 17134) at því OH.884; höfuðsmaðr fyrir embættinu at takaút helgan dóm af sínni hirzlu var -D. Klm. 54528; ertu vel til fallinn atvera höfuðsmaðr at halda bardaga mótiÓlafi konungi Flat. II, 35015.

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, höfuðsmaðr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðsmaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᛋᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

D.: Dativ.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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