Höfða-lag
Old Norse Dictionary - höfða-lag
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfða-lag" (or hǫfða-lag)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfða-lag (hǫfða-lag)
- n. the head of a bedstead, Fas. iii. 543; brast upp þilfjöl at höfðum Þorsteins, Fms. iii. 196.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfða-lag may be more accurately written as hǫfða-lag.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛅ-ᛚᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)