Fíls-tönn

Meaning of Old Norse word "fíls-tönn" (or fíls-tǫnn)

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

fíls-tönn (fíls-tǫnn)

f. ivory, Mar.

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

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