Höfuð-lausn
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-lausn
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-lausn" (or hǫfuð-lausn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-lausn (hǫfuð-lausn)
- f. head’s lease, is the name of three old poems, Ad. 8, where this is the true reading, see Eg. ch. 62, 63, Fb. iii. 241–243, Knytl. S. ch. 19.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-lausn may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-lausn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᛚᛅᚢᛋᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Knytl.
- Knytlinga Saga. (E. I.)