Huldarhöttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - huldarhöttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "huldarhöttr" (or huldarhǫttr) in Norwegian.

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

huldarhöttr (huldarhǫttr): huldarhöttr, m. skjulende Hat eller Hoved-bedækning, som gjør en ukjendelig (Folke-sproget hulderhatt Aasen 304 a; jvfA. Fayes norske Folkesagn2 2935, hvor uddehatt kun er en anden Form af sammeOrd; jvf huliðshjalmr); gótt er þat,at huldarhetti hefir haldit smiðr stefjaFlat. II, 21232.

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, huldarhöttr may be more accurately written as huldarhǫttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚢᛚᚦᛆᚱᚼᚯᛏᛏᚱ
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.

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