Höfðingi
Old Icelandic Dictionary - höfðingiMeaning of Old Icelandic word "höfðingi" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
höfðingi Old Icelandic word can mean:
- höfðingi
- (pl. -jar), m.
- höfðingi
- 1) chief, leader; h. þeirrar ráðagørðar, at the head of that plan;
- höfðingi
- 2) captain, commander (K. var h. yfir þeim her);
- höfðingi
- 3) chief, ruler, esp. in pl., men of rank or authority (höfðingjar ok góðir menn; hann gørðist þá h. mikill).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- esp.
- especially.
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