Grát-sök

Meaning of Old Norse word "grát-sök" (or grát-sǫk)

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

grát-sök (grát-sǫk)

f. a cause of tears, Mar. 28.

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

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