Örleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örleikr" (or ǫrleikr) in Norwegian.

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

örleikr (ǫrleikr): örleikr, m. Gavmildhed; þeir fyrir sunnanÞorskafjörð gjörðu Þóri at fyrirmannifyrir örleiks sakir ok allrar atgjörviÞorskf. 45 (c. 2); fór ek þá víða umlönd ok vilda ek reyna örleik höfð-ingja ok frægðir kappa þeirra Flat. II,13617; því ætla sendimenn þat skrök,er sagt er, at Rómverjar sé fégjarnirsem sagt er, en Sillam ætla þeir verahinn bezta sínn vin af gjöfum sínum,því at mörgum var úkunnigt í þennatíma um svá mikinn örleik Pr. 3211;honum þœtti eigi sýnt at annarr maðrværi betr til konungs fallin í Íslandifyrir sakir örleika hans ok stórmensku- hann hefir sagt konungi mart fráörleikum hans Mork. 6919 fg.

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, örleikr may be more accurately written as ǫrleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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:

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

fg.: følgende.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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