Höfundr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höfundr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höfundr" (or hǫfundr) in Norwegian.

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

höfundr (hǫfundr): höfundr, m. 1) Ophavsmand, Person som istandbringer noget (e-s), lat. autor;skáld eru höfundar allrar rynni eðamálsgreinar, sem smiðir gripa eða lög-menn laga SE. II, 266. 2) Dommer; höfundr einn var til settr at skoraþetta mál með sannindum o. s. v. Fld.I, 5813 fgg; Höfundr var manna vitr-astr ok svá réttdœmr, at hann hallaðialdri réttum dómi, ok af hans dómiskyldi sá maðr höfundr heita í hverjuríki, er mál manna dœmdi Herv. 2237 fggjvf 35418 fg

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, höfundr may be more accurately written as hǫfundr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᚢᚿᚦᚱ
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.

v.: Verbum.

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