Eptir-mjölt

Meaning of Old Norse word "eptir-mjölt" (or eptir-mjǫlt)

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

eptir-mjölt (eptir-mjǫlt)

f. = eptirhreyta.

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

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