Gullgjörð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gullgjörð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gullgjörð" (or gullgjǫrð) in Norwegian.

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

gullgjörð (gullgjǫrð)
gullgjörð, f. Gjord, Belte, Baand som er gjort af, smykket med Guld; gullgjörð,er ger var um hjalm konungs (jvf ein gjörð lá um þveran hjalminn Klm. 17827) Klm. 31219; gyrði mærin sikeinu ríku belti, sem allt væri eingullgjörð með líkneskjom allskonarkvikvenda El. 872.

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, gullgjörð may be more accurately written as gullgjǫrð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚢᛚᛚᚵᛁᚯᚱᚦ
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.
m.
Masculin.

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