Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HÖD

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

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1 HÖD

f. [A. S. heaðu- in several poët. compds; cp. Sansk. çatru and çâtayâmi; Lat. caedo; Gr. κότος]:—war, slaughter, but only in compd pr. names, Höð-broddr, Fb.; Höð, f. the name of a Valkyria (also Geira-höð), Gm.: as also of a woman, but mythical, Fas.: the name of an island in Norway: Höðr, m., gen. Haðar, dat. Heði, the name of the blind brother and ‘slayer’ of Baldr, the ‘fratricide’ or ‘Cain’ of the Edda, Vsp. 37, Vtkv. 9, Edda 17, 56: also the name of a mythol. king, whence Heðir, pl. a Norse people; and Haða-land, the county, Fb. iii. Haðar-lag, n. the metre of Höd, a kind of metre, Edda.

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Runic Inscription

HÖD

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "HÖD" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
dat.: dative.
f.: feminine.
gen.: genitive.
Gr.: Greek.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
mythol: mythology, mythological.
mythol.: mythology, mythological.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
pr.: proper.
S.: South, Southern.
Sansk.: Sanskrit.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)
Vtkv.: Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)

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