Svefnhöfgi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svefnhöfgi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svefnhöfgi" (or svefnhǫfgi) in Norwegian.

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

svefnhöfgi (svefnhǫfgi): svefnhöfgi, m. Søvnighed, = svefnþungi;fellr, líðr, rennr svefnhöfgi á e-n Bp.I, 35110; Fm. VI, 22916; Gísl. 6729; þarkom at þeim svefnhöfgi Nj. 70 (10410).

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, svefnhöfgi may be more accurately written as svefnhǫfgi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᚽᚠᚿᚼᚯᚠᚵᛁ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

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