Heim-stöð

Meaning of Old Norse word "heim-stöð" (or heim-stǫð)

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

heim-stöð (heim-stǫð)

f. a homestead, Vsp. 56.

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

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