Höfuð-baðmr
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-baðmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-baðmr" (or hǫfuð-baðmr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-baðmr (hǫfuð-baðmr)
- (Ad. 19, Eg. 316 (in a verse), Edda Ht.), m. the head stem, a Norse law term of an agnate lineage, opp. to kvennsift (q. v.), N. G. L. i. 49, 52, Edda.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-baðmr may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-baðmr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᛒᛅᚦᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- opp.
- opposed.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)