For-djörfun

Meaning of Old Norse word "for-djörfun" (or for-djǫrfun)

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

for-djörfun (for-djǫrfun)

f. destruction.

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

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