For-fjöl

Meaning of Old Norse word "for-fjöl" (or for-fjǫl)

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

for-fjöl (for-fjǫl)

f. a side-board, Str.

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

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