Milli-gjöf

Meaning of Old Norse word "milli-gjöf" (or milli-gjǫf)

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

milli-gjöf (milli-gjǫf)

f. (= meðal-auki), an amount paid into the bargain.

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

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