Gjörla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjörla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjörla" (or gjǫrla) in Norwegian.

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

gjörla (gjǫrla)
gerla eller görla, gjörla, adv. til Fuldkom-menhed; heyra, vita gerla Flat. I, 23727.II, 497; Hm. 30 (31).

Part of speech: adv

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚱᛚᛆ
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:

adv.
Adverbium.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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