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, adv. comp. fuldstændigere, nøiagti- gere, bedre, = gerr, gjörr, gjörrmeirr;skilja þeir þat mál eigi görr en sváGrg. I, 12114; seg enn görr Nj. 7 (1322);nú vita menn görr en fyrr, hvat göraskal Hítd. 5818; lögsögumaðr skal svágörla þátto alla upp segja, at engiviti einna miklo gørr Grg. I, 20919;klukku þeir karlar, er kunno g/,o/rstheyra Am. 62 (66).

Part of speech: adv comp

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:

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

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