Smjör-kaup

Meaning of Old Norse word "smjör-kaup" (or smjǫr-kaup)

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

smjör-kaup (smjǫr-kaup)

n. purchase of butter, Bs. ii. 134.

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

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