Götva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - götva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "götva" (or gǫtva) in Norwegian.

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

götva (gǫtva): götva, v. (að) begrave; draga þeir hann(nl. den døde Gisle) ofan ok taka afhonum sverðit; götva þeir hann þarí grjótinu Gísl. 721; jvf Heið. 2 (28016);Guðr. 1, 8; se ogsaa Lex. poet. under götvar.

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, götva may be more accurately written as gǫtva.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᛏᚠᛆ
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:

nl.: nemlig.

poet.: poetisk.

v.: Verbum.

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