Höfuð-efni

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

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

höfuð-efni (hǫfuð-efni)

n. = höfuðskepna, Hb.

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

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