Kjörróttr

Meaning of Old Norse word "kjörróttr" (or kjǫrróttr)

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

kjörróttr (kjǫrróttr)

adj. overgrown with copsewood, Eg. 580.

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

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