Gull-knöttr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gull-knöttr" (or gull-knǫttr)

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

gull-knöttr (gull-knǫttr)

m. a gold ball, Fms. iii. 186.

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

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