Jötun-kuml

Meaning of Old Norse word "jötun-kuml" (or jǫtun-kuml)

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

jötun-kuml (jǫtun-kuml)

n. the giant-badge, the stamp of the giant, Fas. iii. (in a verse).

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

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