Óð-gjörð

Meaning of Old Norse word "óð-gjörð" (or óð-gjǫrð)

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

óð-gjörð (óð-gjǫrð)

f. verse-making, panegyric, eulogy, Post. 510.

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

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