Hjart-höfði
Old Norse Dictionary - hjart-höfði
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjart-höfði" (or hjart-hǫfði)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hjart-höfði (hjart-hǫfði)
- a, m. [hjört], a hart’s (stag’s) head, Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hjart-höfði may be more accurately written as hjart-hǫfði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅᚱᛏ-ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.