Hirði-

Meaning of Old Norse word "hirði-"

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

hirði-

a prefix, tending, keeping, wearing, in poët. compds, hirði-áss, -bil, -dís, -draugr, -nauma, -njótr, -sága, -sif, -týr, -þollr, all epithets in poetical circumlocutions of men and women.

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