Höfuð-gjarnt

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Höfuð-gjarnt

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 höfuð-gjarnt (hǫfuð-gjarnt)

n. adj. fatal, dangerous to one’s life; at honum mundi h. verða, Fb iii. 550; segir mér svá hugr um, at h. (höfuðgrant, Ed.) verði nokkurum vina Páls, ef …, Sturl. i. 104.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᚼᚢᚠᚢᛏ-ᚴᛁᛅᚱᚾᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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