Gemla

Meaning of Old Norse word "gemla"

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

gemla

u, f. a stump, worn out tooth, in the mouth of old people, Bjarn. 186; but also of teeth in the mouth of new-born babes, called skálda-gemlur, ‘poet-grinders,’ from the old saying that a child born with teeth will become a poët. Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 5.

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