Hlað-hönd

Meaning of Old Norse word "hlað-hönd" (or hlað-hǫnd)

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

hlað-hönd (hlað-hǫnd)

f. lace-hand, name of a Norwegian lady living at the end of the 9th century, Eg.

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

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