Höfuð-verkr
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-verkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-verkr" (or hǫfuð-verkr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-verkr (hǫfuð-verkr)
- m. head-ache, Bs. i. 179, 183, 253, Lækn. 471.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-verkr may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-verkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᚢᛁᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Lækn.
- Lækninga-bók. (H. V.)