Hrygla

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrygla"

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

hrygla

u, f. [Dan. rallen], medic. a rattling in the throat or bronchial tubes; hósti og h., a cough and h.; dauða-h., the death-rattle.

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