Höfuð-fól

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

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

höfuð-fól (hǫfuð-fól)

m. a great fool, 4. 20.

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

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