Gras-svörðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gras-svörðr" (or gras-svǫrðr)

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

gras-svörðr (gras-svǫrðr)

m. greensward.

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

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