Höfuð-læknir

Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-læknir

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

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

höfuð-læknir (hǫfuð-læknir)
m. a chief physician, Hkr. iii. 35.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
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