Sikul-görð

Meaning of Old Norse word "sikul-görð" (or sikul-gǫrð)

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

sikul-görð (sikul-gǫrð)

f. a girdle, something (uncertain what) belonging to an ancient ship, Edda (Gl.); it also occurs in a poem on king Canute, who is called sveigir sikulgjarðar, the bender of the s., Edda (in a verse).

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

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