Þver-höfði

Old Norse Dictionary - þver-höfði

Meaning of Old Norse word "þver-höfði" (or þver-hǫfði) in English.

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

þver-höfði (þver-hǫfði)
a, m. a wrong-headed person.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

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