Höfuð-sótt

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

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

höfuð-sótt (hǫfuð-sótt)

f. the turning disease, falling sickness, of sheep.

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

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