Höfnun
Old Norse Dictionary - höfnun
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfnun" (or hǫfnun)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfnun (hǫfnun)
- f. = hafnan, q. v.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfnun may be more accurately written as hǫfnun.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚾᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.