Gull-höttr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gull-höttr" (or gull-hǫttr)

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

gull-höttr (gull-hǫttr)

m. gold-hat, a nickname.

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

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