Höfuð-tunga

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

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

höfuð-tunga (hǫfuð-tunga)

u, f. a chief language, Edda (pref.)

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

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