Höfuð-snauðr

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

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

höfuð-snauðr (hǫfuð-snauðr)

adj. headless, Bjarn.

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

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