Hörfan

Meaning of Old Norse word "hörfan" (or hǫrfan)

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

hörfan (hǫrfan)

f. retrogression; h. heimsins, Mag. 69.

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

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