Höfuð-nafn

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

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

höfuð-nafn (hǫfuð-nafn)

n. the principal name, Rb. 112.

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

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