Mjaðmarhöfuð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mjaðmarhöfuð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mjaðmarhöfuð" (or mjaðmarhǫfuð) in Norwegian.

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

mjaðmarhöfuð (mjaðmarhǫfuð): mjaðmarhöfuð, n. Hofteknude, Laarbenetskugleformige Hoved som omfattes af og be-væger sig i Hofteskaalen (Folkespr. mjöðm-arkul, mjödmarknut Aasen 502 fg); Þ.hjó á höndina ok af fyrir framan öl-bogann; hljóp öxin fyrir ofan mjaðmar-höfuð ok þar á hol Stj. 23134.

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, mjaðmarhöfuð may be more accurately written as mjaðmarhǫfuð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᛆᚦᛘᛆᚱᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦ
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.

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