Píningar-vætti

Meaning of Old Norse word "píningar-vætti"

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

píningar-vætti

n. martyrdom, 656 B. 8.

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