Höfuð-smátt
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-smátt
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-smátt" (or hǫfuð-smátt)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-smátt (hǫfuð-smátt)
- (smótt from smjúga), f. [hovud-smotta, Ivar Aasen], an opening for the head, in a coat, Ld. 134, 136, Fas. i. 165, Sæm. 139.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-smátt may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-smátt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᛋᛘᛅᛏᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)