Höfðingja-fundr

Old Norse Dictionary - höfðingja-fundr

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

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

höfðingja-fundr (hǫfðingja-fundr)
m. a meeting of chiefs, Fms. ix. 324.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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