Höfuð-kvöl

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

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

höfuð-kvöl (hǫfuð-kvǫl)

f. a great torment, Mar.

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

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