Úhöfðingliga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - úhöfðingliga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "úhöfðingliga" (or úhǫfðingliga) in Norwegian.

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

úhöfðingliga (úhǫfðingliga): úhöfðingliga, adv. paa en saadan Maade, som ikke passer sig for höfðingi; óhöfð-ingliga er þat sagt, at láta konur ráðafyrir sér ætlan sínni Fld. III, 3064.

Part of speech: adv

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, úhöfðingliga may be more accurately written as úhǫfðingliga.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛚᛁᚵᛆ
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:

adv.: Adverbium.

v.: Verbum.