Höfuð-stóll

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

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

höfuð-stóll (hǫfuð-stóll)

n. a chief seat: a trade term, capital, opp. to interest.

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

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