Gjörrmeirr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjörrmeirr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjörrmeirr" (or gjǫrrmeirr) in Norwegian.

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

gjörrmeirr (gjǫrrmeirr)
gjörrmeirr, adv. comp. svarende til Positiv gjörva, gerva eller gjörla, gerla; hafiþeir þá svá alla articulos uppkastaðaá bókfell, at því g. ok skjótara megikonungr undirstanda þeirra erendiRb. 25 (7717); at því g. viti hverr sínaskuldu við konungdóminn, Rb. 25 (7913);funnum vér þó g. eftirleitandi, at -DN. VII, 16612; at þér megir þessgjörmeirr undirstanda, með hverjumhætti - DN. VIII, 1386.

Part of speech: adv comp

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚱᚱᛘᚽᛁᚱᚱ
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.
comp.
Comparativ.
p.
Pagina, side.
v.
Verbum.

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