Svart-höfði
Old Norse Dictionary - svart-höfði
Meaning of Old Norse word "svart-höfði" (or svart-hǫfði)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- svart-höfði (svart-hǫfði)
- a, m. a nickname, Landn.; the ‘black-cap’ or pewit gull, Bewick; whence used as a pr. name.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, svart-höfði may be more accurately written as svart-hǫfði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛅᚱᛏ-ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)