Matar-föng

Meaning of Old Norse word "matar-föng" (or matar-fǫng)

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

matar-föng (matar-fǫng)

n. pl. = matföng, Ísl. ii. 465.

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

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