Skrípahöfuð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skrípahöfuð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skrípahöfuð" (or skrípahǫfuð) in Norwegian.

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

skrípahöfuð (skrípahǫfuð): skrípahöfuð, n. Hoved der ser ud som et Spøgelse eller Vidunder; hér hefða ekaldri komit, ef ek hefði vitat, at þettahit ílla skrípahöfuð skyldi við mik ber-jast Mag.* 1096.

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, skrípahöfuð may be more accurately written as skrípahǫfuð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚱᛁᛕᛆᚼᚯᚠᚢᚦ
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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