Skam-stöfun

Meaning of Old Norse word "skam-stöfun" (or skam-stǫfun)

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

skam-stöfun (skam-stǫfun)

f. abbreviation.

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

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