Görsemi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - görsemi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "görsemi" (or gǫrsemi) in Norwegian.

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

görsemi (gǫrsemi): gersemi eller görsemi, f. (G. -ar) Kleno-die, kostbar og ypperlig Ting (gd. gör-sum, gsv. gærsimi, görsimi, ags. ger-sume). Fm. XI, 3289; Klm. 11913. 17;Flat. III, 4142. 6. 21. 4153. 9; gull eða silfrero gørsemar Hom. 17132; afla sér dýr-gripa þeirra, er gersimar þótti veraFlat. II, 1387 jvf 1389. 13; fégjafirgripa ok gersima Þ.Jón 612 (120) a3;þökkum vér yðr fyrir grip ok gersimi,hestinn er þér sendor oss DN. VIII, 1155;þessi gersemi var hinn mesti hnossa-gripr fyrir allar greinir HeilaG. II, 13022;gull ok gersimi se under gull; v. tekrkníf undan kufli sínum, þar vóru gyltirholkar á, þat var gersimi mikil Fld.II, 5412; þat var siðr hans at elskamjök smiða þá, er hann fékk hagastaok honum gerði gersimar Fld. II,4636 jvf 14; ek hefi eigi sét meiri ger-semi í einum gullhring Fld. II, 46423;E. - þóttist eigi sét hafa meiri ger-sími í einu segli Flat. III, 35730 jvf3591; ætla ek þat ok satt -, at þvíhafi svá til borit, at þat sé bæði guðsvili ok forsjá, at þú njótir þessarrargersimar (nl. faar denne ypperlige Kvindetil Hustru) Fm. VI, 735; gersemi erSveinn, hefði hann lið slíkt, sem hanner frœkn sjalfr, þá mundi hann optarrsigr fá Mork. 465; gersimi ertu, hversuþú ert mér eptirlátr Nj. 44 (68).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᚱᛋᚽᛘᛁ
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:

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

gd.: gammeldansk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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