Yfirhöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - yfirhöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "yfirhöfðingi" (or yfirhǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

yfirhöfðingi (yfirhǫfðingi): yfirhöfðingi, m. Overhøvding; á þriggjavetra fresti náði hann Jómsborg á Vind-landi ok varð þar yfirhöfðingi Fm. V,24624.

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, yfirhöfðingi may be more accurately written as yfirhǫfðingi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛦᚠᛁᚱᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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.

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