Höfuðvörðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfuðvörðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfuðvörðr" (or hǫfuðvǫrðr) in Norwegian.

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

höfuðvörðr (hǫfuðvǫrðr): höfuðvörðr, m. 1) Hovedvagt, som holdes i Høvdingens Nærhed, ved hans Hoved- kvarter; halda höfuðvörð Fm. VII, 20316;Kgs. 605. 2) Person som holder saa-dan Vagt, = innvörðr. Flat. II, 517;Post. 4433; Heilag. I, 3430.

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, höfuðvörðr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðvǫrðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦᚠᚯᚱᚦᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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