Definitions
Definitions
1 dóm-hús
n. the ‘house of doom,’ court-bouse, Sks. 784; the idea is foreign, though the word is native: the old courts and meetings were always held in the open air.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
dóm-hús
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "dóm-hús" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).