1 höfuðs-maðr (hǫfuðs-maðr)
m. a head-man, chief, leader, Fms. x. 40, xi. 243, Hkr. i. 139; in Icel. in the 16th and 17th centuries this was the title of the governor, see hirðstjóri.
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Old Norse Dictionary Entry
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