Hé-gilja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hé-gilja"

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

hé-gilja

(or hé-gylja), u, f. a ‘vain song,’ nonsense, tittle-tattle, = Lat. nugae; þeir tala drambsöm orð hégyljunnar, 2 Pet. ii. 18.

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