Höfuðvápn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðvápn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðvápn" (or hǫfuðvápn) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðvápn (hǫfuðvápn): höfuðvápn, n. fortrinligste, virksomste Vaa- ben; allra þeirra lista, er nú höfumvér um rœtt, þá er þó höfuðvápn bjúgrskjaldjötunn Kgs. 9112.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuðvápn may be more accurately written as hǫfuðvápn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚠᛆᛕᚿ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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