Fjörgyn

Meaning of Old Norse word "fjörgyn" (or fjǫrgyn)

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

fjörgyn (fjǫrgyn)

f. [Goth. fairguni = a mountain], Mother-earth, Edda.

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

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