Jarðar-för

Meaning of Old Norse word "jarðar-för" (or jarðar-fǫr)

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

jarðar-för (jarðar-fǫr)

f. burial.

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

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