Vændishöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vændishöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vændishöfðingi" (or vændishǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

vændishöfðingi (vændishǫfðingi)
vændishöfðingi, m. slet Høvding; vændis-höfðingjar mundu slíkt kallaðir á várulandi Flat. III, 42218.

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, vændishöfðingi may be more accurately written as vændishǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛅᚿᚦᛁᛋᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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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