Tírar-höfuð

Meaning of Old Norse word "tírar-höfuð" (or tírar-hǫfuð)

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

tírar-höfuð (tírar-hǫfuð)

n. an illustrious head.

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

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