Eski-stöng

Meaning of Old Norse word "eski-stöng" (or eski-stǫng)

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

eski-stöng (eski-stǫng)

f. an ashen pole, Róm. 232.

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

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