Sjónar-vætt

Meaning of Old Norse word "sjónar-vætt"

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

sjónar-vætt

f. the share (of a whale or the like) due to the man who first saw it; hence the phrase, eiga sjónarvættina í e-u, of a man who first discovers a thing,

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