Kamb-höttr

Meaning of Old Norse word "kamb-höttr" (or kamb-hǫttr)

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

kamb-höttr (kamb-hǫttr)

m. a nickname, Fær. 14.

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

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