Höfðingja-bragð

Old Norse Dictionary - höfðingja-bragð

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

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

höfðingja-bragð (hǫfðingja-bragð): n., -bragr, m. the manners of a h., Ísl. ii. 204: a noble feat, Orkn. 144.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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