Kjöl-fari

Meaning of Old Norse word "kjöl-fari" (or kjǫl-fari)

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

kjöl-fari (kjǫl-fari)

a, m. a nickname, Landn.

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

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