Höfðingja-hlutr

Old Norse Dictionary - höfðingja-hlutr

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

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

höfðingja-hlutr (hǫfðingja-hlutr)
m. a chief’s lot or share, Orkn. 306.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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