Höd

Old Norse Dictionary - höd

Meaning of Old Norse word "höd" (or hǫd) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

höd (hǫd)
f. [A. S. heaðu- in several poët. compds; cp. Sansk. çatru and çâtayâmi; Lat. caedo; Gr. κότος]:—war, slaughter, but only in compd pr. names, Höð-broddr, Fb.; Höð, f. the name of a Valkyria (also Geira-höð), Gm.: as also of a woman, but mythical, FaS.: the name of an island in Norway: Höðr, m., gen. Haðar, dat. Heði, the name of the blind brother and ‘slayer’ of Baldr, the ‘fratricide’ or ‘Cain’ of the Edda, Vsp. 37, Vtkv. 9, Edda 17, 56: also the name of a mythol. king, whence Heðir, pl. a Norse people; and Haða-land, the county, Fb. iii. Haðar-lag, n. the metre of Höd, a kind of metre, Edda.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höd may be more accurately written as hǫd.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Gr.
Greek.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mythol.
mythology, mythologically.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
poët.
poetically.
pr.
proper, properly.
S.
Saga.
Sansk.
Sanskrit.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
Vtkv.
Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)
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