Höfuð-hof

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

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

höfuð-hof (hǫfuð-hof)

n. a chief temple, Eg. 256.

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

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