Höfuð-barmr

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

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

höfuð-barmr (hǫfuð-barmr)

older

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

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