Yfirhöfn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - yfirhöfn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "yfirhöfn" (or yfirhǫfn) in Norwegian.

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

yfirhöfn (yfirhǫfn): yfirhöfn, f. Overklædning, Klædningsstykke som bæres udenpaa den alm. Dragt (isærskikkja); engi þeirra hafði fleiri klæðien línklæði ok eina yfirhöfn Fm. III,6721. VI, 1872; Flat. II, 8827. 35; OH. 70(jvf Flat. II, 8536); Kgs. 66 &vl 68;Eg. 7 (115).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛦᚠᛁᚱᚼᚯᚠᚿ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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