Höfuð-faðir
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-faðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-faðir" (or hǫfuð-faðir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-faðir (hǫfuð-faðir)
- m. a patriarch: a father of the church, Stj. 87, 132, Al. 64, Niðrst. 10, Fb. i. 264.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-faðir may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-faðir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᚠᛅᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)