Stórhöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stórhöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stórhöfðingi" (or stórhǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

stórhöfðingi (stórhǫfðingi)
stórhöfðingi, m. stor, fornem, mægtig Høv-ding; manu þér þá öðlast af mér okaf öllum öðrum stórhöfðingjum þessaheims sœmd ok sama Barl. 12734; atþví ráði hurfu Ámundi ok ÞjóstolfrÁlason ok margir aðrir stórhöfðingjarFm. VII, 20616; Noregr myndi liggjalauss fyrir, ef nökkurir stórhöfðingjarvildi til sœkja Fm. VII, 20914; ef þérverðr sœmdar auðit af stórhöfðingjumKgs. 1001.

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, stórhöfðingi may be more accurately written as stórhǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚮᚱᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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.

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