Definitions
Definitions
1 höfði hǫfði
a, m. a headland, Landn. 54, Fb. i. 541, 542, Eb. 62, Rd. 267, Krók. 46, 52.
2 höfði hǫfði
II. local name of a farm, whence Höfða-menn, m. pl. the men from Höfði, Landn.
3 höfði hǫfði
III. a carved head, ship’s beak; amb-höfði, hjart-h., arn-h., hest-h., karl-h., orkn-h., svín-h.; whence höfða-skip, n. a ship with beaks.
Orthography
Orthography
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Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
höfði
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "höfði" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).