Höfuð-musteri
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-musteri
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-musteri" (or hǫfuð-musteri)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-musteri (hǫfuð-musteri)
- n. = höfuðkirkja, Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-musteri may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-musteri.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᛘᚢᛋᛏᛁᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.