Högld
Old Norse Dictionary - högld
Meaning of Old Norse word "högld" (or hǫgld)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- högld (hǫgld)
- f., pl. hagldir, a kind of buckle (shaped like ∞), commonly made of horn, used to run the rope through with which hay is trussed: hann tekr reip á tíu hesta ok leysir af hagldir, Fb. i. 523: in metaph. phrases, hann þóttisk nú hafa hagldir fengit á sínum málum, Bs. i. 730; and the mod. phrase, hafa bæði töglin ok hagldirnar, to have it all one’s own way. haglda-brauð, n. buckle-gingerbread.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, högld may be more accurately written as hǫgld.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)