Högg-sax

Meaning of Old Norse word "högg-sax" (or hǫgg-sax)

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

högg-sax (hǫgg-sax)

n. a kind of hatchet, Fbr. 58.

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

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