Skattahöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skattahöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skattahöfðingi" (or skattahǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

skattahöfðingi (skattahǫfðingi): skattahöfðingi, m. Person som er sat til at have Opsyn med Skatteindkrævningen; A. skattahöfðingi Stj. 55930 (1 Kong. 4, 6).

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, skattahöfðingi may be more accurately written as skattahǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᛆᛏᛏᛆᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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.