Höfða-fjöl
Old Norse Dictionary - höfða-fjöl
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfða-fjöl" (or hǫfða-fjǫl)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfða-fjöl (hǫfða-fjǫl)
- f. the head-board of a bedstead, Sturl. ii. 50, Fas. i. 489, Fb. ii. 297; opp. to fótafjöl, q. v.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfða-fjöl may be more accurately written as hǫfða-fjǫl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛅ-ᚠᛁᚢᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- opp.
- opposed.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)