Örróttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örróttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örróttr" (or ǫrróttr) in Norwegian.

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

örróttr (ǫrróttr): örróttr, adj. skadet eller vansiret af Arr.Stj. 8016; hann rétti fram sínar hendr,ok vóru þær örróttar ok heldr dökkvaraf blóði ok vápnabiti Fld. II, 471;hafði hann verit víkingr ok víða af þvíörróttr, ok af því var hann kallaðr örra-bein Flóam. 10 (12811).

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚱᚮᛏᛏᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

m.: Masculin.

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