Landshöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - landshöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "landshöfðingi" (or landshǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

landshöfðingi (landshǫfðingi): landshöfðingi, m. en af de Mænd som harstor Indflydelse eller Myndighed i Lan-det (jvf höfðingi 2). Kgs. 1344; Vatsd.8 (168); OH. 891 (Flat. II, 17232).

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, landshöfðingi may be more accurately written as landshǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛆᚿᚦᛋᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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.

s.: substantiv.

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