Sex-höfðaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "sex-höfðaðr" (or sex-hǫfðaðr)

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

sex-höfðaðr (sex-hǫfðaðr)

adj. six-headed, of a monster, Vþm. (Bugge).

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

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