Riddarahöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - riddarahöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "riddarahöfðingi" (or riddarahǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

riddarahöfðingi (riddarahǫfðingi): riddarahöfðingi, m. Høvding som har ridd-arar under sin Befaling eller Myndighed (jvf riddarameistari) Heilag. I, 60730;Placidus riddarahöfðingi Heilag. II, 19631jvf 1935. 19125; Phuol riddarahöfðingihans (Vulg. dux militum) Stj. 16336 fg(1 Mos. 26, 26); riddarahöfðingi Stj.19529 = princeps militum Hist. schol.9126; riddarahöfðingjar Heilag. II, 10518= höfðingjar fyrir liði keisarans Heilag.II, 9728-35.

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, riddarahöfðingi may be more accurately written as riddarahǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᛁᚦᚦᛆᚱᛆᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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:

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.