Höfuð-íþrótt

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

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

höfuð-íþrótt (hǫfuð-íþrótt)

f. a principal art, Mar.

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

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