Rit-höfundr

Meaning of Old Norse word "rit-höfundr" (or rit-hǫfundr)

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

rit-höfundr (rit-hǫfundr)

m. a writer, (mod.)

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

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