Höfuð-ísar
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-ísar
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-ísar" (or hǫfuð-ísar)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-ísar (hǫfuð-ísar)
- m. pl. great masses or clumps of ice (on a river), when a channel is open in the middle, Fs. 52, Ld. 46, Nj. 142, 144, Sturl. i. 14.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-ísar may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-ísar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᛁᛋᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)