Höfuð-band

Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-band" (or hǫfuð-band)

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

höfuð-band (hǫfuð-band)

n. a head-band, snood, Edda 71.

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

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