Sel-flutningr

Meaning of Old Norse word "sel-flutningr"

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

sel-flutningr

m., in the phrase, fara selflutning, e. g. when three or more persons cross a river severally in a small boat which can only carry two persons at a time, one always returning to fetch the next.

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