Neshöfði

Old Norwegian Dictionary - neshöfði

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "neshöfði" (or neshǫfði) in Norwegian.

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

neshöfði (neshǫfði)
neshöfði, m. høit Forbjerg. Fm. III, 4416;svarer til kleppunes Flat. II, 3091 og kleppornes OH. 18227.

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, neshöfði may be more accurately written as neshǫfði.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚽᛋᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁ
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.

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