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)
gjörvari, m. = gervari, görvari.

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:

m.
Masculin.

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