Höfuð-gjarnt

Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-gjarnt

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

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

höfuð-gjarnt (hǫfuð-gjarnt)
n. adj. fatal, dangerous to one’s life; at honum mundi h. verða, Fb iii. 550; segir mér svá hugr um, at h. (höfuðgrant, Ed.) verði nokkurum vina Páls, ef …, Sturl. i. 104.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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