Görva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - görva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "görva" (or gǫrva) in Norwegian.

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

görva (gǫrva): gerva eller görva, gjörva, adv. (comp.gerr eller görr, gjörr, ogsaa gjörrmeirr;Superl. gerst eller görst, gjörst seunder gerr og gjörmeirr) tilfulde, aldeles,= gerla. Hm. 101 (102); Lok. 52;Am. 77 fg (80 fg); OH. 6233.

Part of speech: adv

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᚱᚠᛆ
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:

a.: accusativ.

adv.: Adverbium.

comp.: Comparativ.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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