úlf-héðinn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

úlf-héðinn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 úlf-héðinn

m. a wolf’s skin: a pr. name, Úlf-héðinn, Landn.: also as an appellative of berserkers wearing wolf-skins, Hornklofi,—at ‘berserkja’ reiðu vil ek spyrja …?—answer, ‘úlfhéðnar’ heita, cp. þeir berserkir er úlfhéðnar vóru kallaðir, Fs. 17.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛚᚠ-ᚼᛁᛏᛁᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
pr.
proper.

Works & Authors

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)

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