Höfuð-rót
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-rót
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-rót" (or hǫfuð-rót)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-rót (hǫfuð-rót)
- f., botan. rose-root, a kind of sedum.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-rót may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-rót.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᚱᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- botan.
- botanically.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.