Höfuð-skepna
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-skepna
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-skepna" (or hǫfuð-skepna)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-skepna (hǫfuð-skepna)
- u, f. a ‘head-creation,’ prime element, Bs. i. 145, Skálda 174, 175, Barl. 131, Eluc. 8; himnarnir munu forganga með stórum brestum, en höfuðskepnurnar bráðna, 2 Pet. iii. 10.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-skepna may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-skepna.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᛋᚴᛁᛒᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)