Höfuð-kostr

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

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

höfuð-kostr (hǫfuð-kostr)

m. a cardinal virtue, Hom. 134.

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

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