Smjör-svín

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

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

smjör-svín (smjǫr-svín)

n. ‘butter-hog,’ the beggar’s scrip, Skíða R. 13.

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

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