Þver-hönd

Meaning of Old Norse word "þver-hönd" (or þver-hǫnd)

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

þver-hönd (þver-hǫnd)

f. a hand’s breadth, Ld. 276.

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

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