Veraldarhöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - veraldarhöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "veraldarhöfðingi" (or veraldarhǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

veraldarhöfðingi (veraldarhǫfðingi): veraldarhöfðingi, m. verdslig Høvding.Heilag. II, 13333.

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, veraldarhöfðingi may be more accurately written as veraldarhǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᚱᛆᛚᚦᛆᚱᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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.