Höfuð-kempa

Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-kempa" (or hǫfuð-kempa)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

höfuð-kempa (hǫfuð-kempa)

u, f. a great champion, Sturl. iii. 65.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-kempa may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-kempa.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᚴᛁᛘᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements