Vandhœfi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vandhœfi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vandhœfi" in Norwegian.

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

vandhœfi
vandhœfi, n. hvad man finder at udsætte paa noget, at det ikke er som det skuldevære; vandhœfi mun þér þykkja á veraat láta geyma hesta várra, því at þeireru allir graðir, ok má engi við annaneiga Ljósv. 73; nú veit ek, at yðr munoþykkja vandœfi mörg ok mikil finn-ask á lífi óro í máli mínu Homil. 4425 fg;sýnist þeim nökkut vandhœfi á vera,at þeir sé samskipa við þeirra skap-lyndi Flat. II, 1088; Korm. 8024.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚿᚦᚼᚯᚠᛁ
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.
n.
Neutrum.
v.
Verbum.

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