Töttra-bassi

Meaning of Old Norse word "töttra-bassi" (or tǫttra-bassi)

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

töttra-bassi (tǫttra-bassi)

a, m. a ragamuffin, Glúm. 328.

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

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