Gjörvari

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjörvari

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjörvari" (or gjǫrvari) in Norwegian.

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

gjörvari (gjǫrvari): gervari eller gjörvari, m. Gjører; eigin-ligr gervari = lat. proprius auctorHeilag. II, 3524 (jvf 35133); þú ertmínn görvari ok skapari Klm. 2849;hverr er gjörvari syndar? Elucid. 1347.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚱᚠᛆᚱᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.