Höfugleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfugleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfugleikr" (or hǫfugleikr) in Norwegian.

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

höfugleikr (hǫfugleikr)
höfugleikr, m. Tyngde; fylltist með þungaok höfugleik íss ok hríms SE. I, 4211.

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, höfugleikr may be more accurately written as hǫfugleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚵᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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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