Höggorms-tönn

Meaning of Old Norse word "höggorms-tönn" (or hǫggorms-tǫnn)

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

höggorms-tönn (hǫggorms-tǫnn)

f. a viper’s tooth.

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

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