Höfuð-bær

Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-bær

Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-bær" (or hǫfuð-bær) in English.

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

höfuð-bær (hǫfuð-bær)
m. = höfuðbúl, Fms. x. 265, xi. 422.

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

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᛒᛅᚱ
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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