Höfðingja-skipti

Old Norse Dictionary - höfðingja-skipti

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

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

höfðingja-skipti (hǫfðingja-skipti): n. change of chief or king, Germ. Thronwechsel, Nj. 41, 156.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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