Gjörvibúr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjörvibúr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjörvibúr" (or gjǫrvibúr) in Norwegian.

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

gjörvibúr (gjǫrvibúr): gervibúr eller gjörvibúr, n. Bod, Hus (búr)som bruges til Opbevaring af Klæder oghvad der hører til ens Udrustning; hannvar þar á laun í gjörfibúri Vatsd. 24(401); snýr Ormr þá - til gervibúrsok tekr reip - ok leysir af hagldirFlat. I, 52321.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚱᚠᛁᛒᚢᚱ
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.

n.: Neutrum.