Nöðru-kyn

Meaning of Old Norse word "nöðru-kyn" (or nǫðru-kyn)

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

nöðru-kyn (nǫðru-kyn)

n. a generation of vipers, n. T.

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

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