Út-gjöf

Meaning of Old Norse word "út-gjöf" (or út-gjǫf)

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

út-gjöf (út-gjǫf)

(mod. út-gipt, Dan. udgivt), f. an expense, MS. 4. 11.

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

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