Vöggu-barn

Meaning of Old Norse word "vöggu-barn" (or vǫggu-barn)

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

vöggu-barn (vǫggu-barn)

n. an infant in a cradle.

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

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