Vöku-lið

Meaning of Old Norse word "vöku-lið" (or vǫku-lið)

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

vöku-lið (vǫku-lið)

n. watching people, scouts, Fms. vii. 310.

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

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