Hóf-tölt

Meaning of Old Norse word "hóf-tölt" (or hóf-tǫlt)

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

hóf-tölt (hóf-tǫlt)

n. ‘hoof-tilt,’ a slow trot.

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

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