Höfða-tala

Meaning of Old Norse word "höfða-tala" (or hǫfða-tala)

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

höfða-tala (hǫfða-tala)

u, f. = höfðatal.

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

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