Höfðingja-ást

Old Norse Dictionary - höfðingja-ást

Meaning of Old Norse word "höfðingja-ást" (or hǫfðingja-ást) in English.

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

höfðingja-ást (hǫfðingja-ást)
f. love for one’s chief, Fb. i. 499.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
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