Festar-öl

Meaning of Old Norse word "festar-öl" (or festar-ǫl)

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

festar-öl (festar-ǫl)

n. betrothal-ale, Fas. iii. 62.

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

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