Höfuð-prestr
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-prestr
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-prestr" (or hǫfuð-prestr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-prestr (hǫfuð-prestr)
- m. a ‘chief priest,’ the priest of a höfuðkirkja, H. E. i. 474, 655 ii. 1, D. N. passim, N. G. L. i. 378, 390: a chief priest, high priest, N. T.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-prestr may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-prestr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᛒᚱᛁᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.