Örgáti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örgáti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örgáti" (or ǫrgáti) in Norwegian.

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

örgáti (ǫrgáti): örgáti, m. hvad der tjener til at gjøre en saaledes tilgode med Mad og Drikke, athan maa finde sig vel med den ham ydede Gjæstfrihed (jvf gát Lex. poet. Kgs. 66;get þú válaðum vel Hm. 135 (NFkv.6a)); hér munu menn vel við oss taka- ok mun hér ekki afsparat at veitaoss allan örgáta, þann er til er Fm.XI, 34115; hón - býðr sínum mönnumat sýsla um tilföng veizlunnar sembezt búandi allan örgáta Mar. 10717;hverr er örgáti þeirra Andaðar at hús-um Haralds? Fsk. s. 614 (thi saaledesbør der vel læses efter B.).

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚵᛆᛏᛁ
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:

m.: Masculin.

poet.: poetisk.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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