Systkina-börn

Meaning of Old Norse word "systkina-börn" (or systkina-bǫrn)

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

systkina-börn (systkina-bǫrn)

n. the bairns of systkin, first cousins, Gþl. 245.

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

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