Höfuð-klerkr
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-klerkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-klerkr" (or hǫfuð-klerkr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-klerkr (hǫfuð-klerkr)
- m. a great clerk or scholar, Sturl. i. 95.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-klerkr may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-klerkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᚴᛚᛁᚱᚴᚱ
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:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)