Lög-föstnun

Meaning of Old Norse word "lög-föstnun" (or lǫg-fǫstnun)

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

lög-föstnun (lǫg-fǫstnun)

f. legal espousals, Grág. i. 316.

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

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