Flat-skjöldr

Meaning of Old Norse word "flat-skjöldr" (or flat-skjǫldr)

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

flat-skjöldr (flat-skjǫldr)

m. = Lat. pelta, Stj. 572. 1 Kings x. 16, 17.

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

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