Höfuð-niðjar
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-niðjar
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-niðjar" (or hǫfuð-niðjar)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-niðjar (hǫfuð-niðjar)
- m. pl. the head-kinsmen, agnates, = hofuðbarmsmenn, Bragi, Gkv. 3. 5.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-niðjar may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-niðjar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᚾᛁᚦᛁᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)