Kamp-höfði
Old Norse Dictionary - kamp-höfði
Meaning of Old Norse word "kamp-höfði" (or kamp-hǫfði)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kamp-höfði (kamp-hǫfði)
- a, m. a ‘whisker-head,’ Fagrsk. § 174, v. 1. knapp-höfði, q. v.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kamp-höfði may be more accurately written as kamp-hǫfði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛘᛒ-ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)