Hvíldarhöfn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hvíldarhöfn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hvíldarhöfn" (or hvíldarhǫfn) in Norwegian.

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

hvíldarhöfn (hvíldarhǫfn): hvíldarhöfn, f. Havn, hvori man finderHvile; þá er vér siglum langt í haf,þá megum vér eigi sjá hvíldarhöfn þá,er vér fyrirlétum Heilag. I, 1806.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, hvíldarhöfn may be more accurately written as hvíldarhǫfn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᛁᛚᚦᛆᚱᚼᚯᚠᚿ
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:

f.: Feminin.