Döggvan

Meaning of Old Norse word "döggvan" (or dǫggvan)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

döggvan (dǫggvan)

f. bedewing, Stj. 14.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, döggvan may be more accurately written as dǫggvan.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᚴᚢᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements