Görr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - görr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "görr" (or gǫrr) in Norwegian.

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

görr (gǫrr)
görr, adj. = gerr, gjörr; i Betydning af"forarbeidet", = smíðaðr: svo mikitbrend sylfr gyllt ok gort - -; summaí gyltu ok gorfu brændo sylfri -;summa í úgyltu gorfu ok úgorfu -DN. II, 16530. 43 fg jvf IV, 45756 fg, an- ført S. 586 a44 fg. m dette AdjektivsAnvendelse som Præt. Part. af gera seS. 586 a23; om dets ældste Form og Betydning se Sophus Bugges Tolkning af Indskriften paa Rökstenen (Antiqv. Tidskrift för Sverige V) S. 43 fg. 48.

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, görr may be more accurately written as gǫrr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᚱᚱ
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.
fg.
følgende.
Part.
Participium.
S.
Side.
v.
Verbum.

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