Görtra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - görtra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "görtra" (or gǫrtra) in Norwegian.

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

görtra (gǫrtra): görtra, v. (að) skrabe, kradse; E. mælti:þat er náttúra sverðsins, at nökkutverðr at höggva með því hvern tíma,er brugðit er; Þ. segir: þat skal prófaok hljóp út, ok kvað hann skyldugörtra við merarbeinin, ok höggr hrosseitt Þ.hræð. 5526.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᚱᛏᚱᛆ
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:

v.: Verbum.