Högg-sledda

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

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

högg-sledda (hǫgg-sledda)

u, f. = höggsax, Safn i. 689.

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

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