Skar-öx

Meaning of Old Norse word "skar-öx" (or skar-ǫx)

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

skar-öx (skar-ǫx)

f. a carpenter’s adze, opp. to bolöx.

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

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