Höfuð-skip

Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-skip

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

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

höfuð-skip (hǫfuð-skip): n. = höfðaskip, Landn. 258.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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