Öng-værr

Meaning of Old Norse word "öng-værr" (or ǫng-værr)

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

öng-værr (ǫng-værr)

adj. in anguish, distressed; ö. ok auðkumul, Bs. i. 323.

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

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