Höfuðs-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuðs-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuðs-maðr" (or hǫfuðs-maðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuðs-maðr (hǫfuðs-maðr)
- m. a head-man, chief, leader, Fms. x. 40, xi. 243, Hkr. i. 139; in Icel. in the 16th and 17th centuries this was the title of the governor, see hirðstjóri.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuðs-maðr may be more accurately written as hǫfuðs-maðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦᛋ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)