Höfuð-klerkr

Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-klerkr

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

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

höfuð-klerkr (hǫfuð-klerkr)
m. a great clerk or scholar, Sturl. i. 95.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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