Gjörskekinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjörskekinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjörskekinn" (or gjǫrskekinn) in Norwegian.

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

gjörskekinn (gjǫrskekinn): gjörskekinn, adj. = gjörfarinn (jvf sámaðr, er með öllu var yfirkominn,hefir ekki skekist í huginum Alex.14517) Post. 68436.

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, gjörskekinn may be more accurately written as gjǫrskekinn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚱᛋᚴᚽᚴᛁᚿᚿ
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.