Yfir-hökull

Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-hökull" (or yfir-hǫkull)

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

yfir-hökull (yfir-hǫkull)

m. an over-mantle, a surplice, Ám. 15.

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

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