Lóð-torfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "lóð-torfa"

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

lóð-torfa

u, f., prop. a ‘crop-turf,’ a sod with the grass on, a soft dry slice of sod to keep the fire alive on the hearth during the night, the ‘gathering peat’ of the Scottish.

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