Torf-öx

Meaning of Old Norse word "torf-öx" (or torf-ǫx)

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

torf-öx (torf-ǫx)

f. a turf-axe, for cutting turf or peat, Háv. 47.

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

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