Höfði
Old Norse Dictionary - höfði
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfði" (or hǫfði)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word höfði can mean:höfði
- höfði (hǫfði)
- a, m. a headland, Landn. 54, Fb. i. 541, 542, Eb. 62, Rd. 267, Krók. 46, 52.
- höfði (hǫfði)
- II. local name of a farm, whence Höfða-menn, m. pl. the men from Höfði, Landn.
- höfði (hǫfði)
- III. a carved head, ship’s beak; amb-höfði, hjart-h., arn-h., hest-h., karl-h., orkn-h., svín-h.; whence höfða-skip, n. a ship with beaks.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfði may be more accurately written as hǫfði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)