Gjörva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjörva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjörva" (or gjǫrva) in Norwegian.

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

gjörva (gjǫrva)
gerva eller görva, gjörva, adv. (comp.gerr eller görr, gjörr, ogsaa gjörrmeirr;Superl. gerst eller görst, gjörst seunder gerr og gjörmeirr) tilfulde, aldeles,= gerla. Hm. 101 (102); Lok. 52;Am. 77 fg (80 fg); OH. 6233.

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, gjörva may be more accurately written as gjǫrva.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚱᚠᛆ
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:

a.
accusativ.
adv.
Adverbium.
comp.
Comparativ.
m.
Masculin.
p.
Pagina, side.
v.
Verbum.

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