Höfgi
Old Norse Dictionary - höfgi
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfgi" (or hǫfgi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word höfgi can mean:höfgi
- höfgi (hǫfgi)
- a, m. heaviness, weight; h. jarðar, Sks. 627; h. krossins, Hom. 103; gefa e-m höfga, to weigh upon one, Anecd. 20.
- höfgi (hǫfgi)
- II. metaph. a sleep, nap, Fb. i. 542; léttr h., Th. 77; rann h. á Svein, Fms. xi. 288; svefn-h., ómegins-h. höfga-vara, u, f. heavy wares, Grág. ii. 402.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfgi may be more accurately written as hǫfgi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- f.
- feminine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)