For-stöndugr

Meaning of Old Norse word "for-stöndugr" (or for-stǫndugr)

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

for-stöndugr (for-stǫndugr)

adj. [Germ. verständig], clever in household matters.

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

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