Höfuð-musteri

Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-musteri

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

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

höfuð-musteri (hǫfuð-musteri): n. = höfuðkirkja, Lex. Poët.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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