Högg

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

högg Old Icelandic word can mean:

högg

(dat. höggvi), n.

högg

1) stroke, blow; ljósta h. á dyrr, to knock at the door; skamma stund verðr hönd höggvi fegin, only a short while is the hand fain of the blow; eigi fellr tré við hit fyrsta h., no tree falls at the first stroke;

högg

2) beheading, execution (leiða e-n til höggs);

högg

3) fig. gap, breach (kom þá fljótt h. í liðit).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴᚴ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary