Sveitar-höfðingi
Old Norse Dictionary - sveitar-höfðingi
Meaning of Old Norse word "sveitar-höfðingi" (or sveitar-hǫfðingi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sveitar-höfðingi (sveitar-hǫfðingi)
- a, m. the captain of a sveit (I. 1), Eg. 272, 280, Ó. H. 205, Fms. vii. 259, Orkn. 476.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sveitar-höfðingi may be more accurately written as sveitar-hǫfðingi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛁᛏᛅᚱ-ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛁᚾᚴᛁ
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:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)