Höfðaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "höfðaðr" (or hǫfðaðr)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

höfðaðr (hǫfðaðr)

part. headed so and so; h. sem hundr, 310. 99.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfðaðr may be more accurately written as hǫfðaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements