Sveitarhöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sveitarhöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sveitarhöfðingi" (or sveitarhǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

sveitarhöfðingi (sveitarhǫfðingi): sveitarhöfðingi, m. Anfører for sveit 4;átti konungr stefnu við sveitarhöfðingjaOH. 2055 (Flat. II, 33827); margir aðrirváru þar lendir menn ok sveitarhöfð-ingjar Fm. VII, 25923; Aðalsteinn vilgefa - til hlutskiptis liði Ólafs konungsskilling manni hverjum frjálsbornum,en mörk sveitarhöfðingja hverjum þeim,er ráði fyrir tólf mönnum eða fleirumEg. 52 (1078).

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, sveitarhöfðingi may be more accurately written as sveitarhǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᚽᛁᛏᛆᚱᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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