Görvi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - görvi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "görvi" (or gǫrvi) in Norwegian.

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

görvi (gǫrvi): gervi eller görvi, gjörvi, f. hvad en er iført,det hvormed en er udrustet, = búnaðr 2,gerð 9 (lapp. garvo; jvf gerr Am. 40);hefir brautinga gervi Hárb. 6; tók sérkarlmanns görvi Herv. 3142; jvf Flat.I, 3306; ríða þeir allir brott í kaup-manns gervi Flat. II, 12731; kraftr ergörvi hugar (= lat. virtus est animihabitus) Hom. 565.

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, görvi may be more accurately written as gǫrvi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᚱᚠᛁ
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.

lapp.: lappisk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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