Höfðingja-styrkr
Old Norse Dictionary - höfðingja-styrkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfðingja-styrkr" (or hǫfðingja-styrkr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfðingja-styrkr (hǫfðingja-styrkr)
- m. the support of great folk, Fms. i. 221.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfðingja-styrkr may be more accurately written as hǫfðingja-styrkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛁᚾᚴᛁᛅ-ᛋᛏᚢᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)