Rúm-fjöl

Meaning of Old Norse word "rúm-fjöl" (or rúm-fjǫl)

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

rúm-fjöl (rúm-fjǫl)

f. the side-board of a bed, see fjöl.

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

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