Hrosshöfuð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hrosshöfuð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hrosshöfuð" (or hrosshǫfuð) in Norwegian.

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

hrosshöfuð (hrosshǫfuð)
hrosshöfuð, n. Hestehoved; hann tók íhönd sér heslistöng ok gékk á bergs-nös nökkura þá, er vissi til lands inn,þá tók hann hrosshöfuð ok setti uppá stöngina; síðan veitti hann formálaok mælti: hér set ek upp níðstöngo. s. v. Eg. 60 (13721. 24).

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, hrosshöfuð may be more accurately written as hrosshǫfuð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚱᚮᛋᛋᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦ
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.
v.
Verbum.

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