Rómverjahöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - rómverjahöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "rómverjahöfðingi" (or rómverjahǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

rómverjahöfðingi (rómverjahǫfðingi): rómverjahöfðingi, m. romersk Høvding;hann var nú einn ríkastr maðr af róm-verjahöfðingjum Pr. 1608.

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, rómverjahöfðingi may be more accurately written as rómverjahǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚮᛘᚠᚽᚱᛁᛆᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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.