Gjörbœnn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjörbœnn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjörbœnn" (or gjǫrbœnn) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

gjörbœnn (gjǫrbœnn): gjörbœnn, adj. paatrængende i at bede,begjære. Flat. II, 8019.

Part of speech: adj

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, gjörbœnn may be more accurately written as gjǫrbœnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚱᛒᚯᚿᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

adj.: Adjectiv.

lat.: latinsk.