Kárhöfðaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kárhöfðaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kárhöfðaðr" (or kárhǫfðaðr) in Norwegian.

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

kárhöfðaðr (kárhǫfðaðr)
kárhöfðaðr, adj. saadan som har krusetHovedhaar (jvf kárr). Didr. 17513. 18118.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛆᚱᚼᚯᚠᚦᛆᚦᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.

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