Höfuðs-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - höfuðs-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuðs-maðr" (or hǫfuðs-maðr) in English.

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

höfuðs-maðr (hǫfuðs-maðr): m. a head-man, chief, leader, Fms. x. 40, xi. 243, Hkr. i. 139; in Icel. in the 16th and 17th centuries this was the title of the governor, see hirðstjóri.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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