Höfuðúvinr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðúvinr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðúvinr" (or hǫfuðúvinr) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðúvinr (hǫfuðúvinr)
höfuðúvinr, m. fornemste, værste Fiende;höfuðúvinr alls mannskyns Heilag. I,34928.

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, höfuðúvinr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðúvinr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚢᚠᛁᚿᚱ
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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