Öskr-ligr

Meaning of Old Norse word "öskr-ligr" (or ǫskr-ligr)

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

öskr-ligr (ǫskr-ligr)

adj. hideous; belja öskrligri röddu, Bær. 19.

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

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