Hvíthöfuð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hvíthöfuð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hvíthöfuð" (or hvíthǫfuð) in Norwegian.

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

hvíthöfuð (hvíthǫfuð): hvíthöfuð, n. hvidhaaret Hoved, = hvít-kollr; som Øgenavn: Jón hvíthöfuðEJb. 13718; Jón hvíthöfuð Dn. V, 6846.8512; Jón hvíthöfuð Dn. V, 72920;Neriðr hvíthöfuð Dn. III, 70823.

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, hvíthöfuð may be more accurately written as hvíthǫfuð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᛁᛏᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦ
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.