Héraðs-höfðingi
Old Norse Dictionary - héraðs-höfðingi
Meaning of Old Norse word "héraðs-höfðingi" (or héraðs-hǫfðingi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- héraðs-höfðingi (héraðs-hǫfðingi)
- a, m. a chieftain, = goði (q. v.), Eb. 156, Fs. 80; cp. yfirmaðr héraðs, 4.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, héraðs-höfðingi may be more accurately written as héraðs-hǫfðingi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚱᛅᚦᛋ-ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)