Höfða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - höfða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "höfða" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

höfða Old Icelandic word can mean:

höfða
(að), v.
höfða
1) to cut the head off (h. fisk), to behead;
höfða
2) h. mál (sök) áhönd (á hendr) e-m, to bring an action against one.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.

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