Gjörhugall

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjörhugall

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjörhugall" (or gjǫrhugall) in Norwegian.

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

gjörhugall (gjǫrhugall): gjörhugall, adj. særdeles agtpaagivende,opmærksom, omhyggelig. Eg. 4 (620).

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, gjörhugall may be more accurately written as gjǫrhugall.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚱᚼᚢᚵᛆᛚᛚ
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.