Örva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örva" (or ǫrva) in Norwegian.

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

örva (ǫrva)
örva, v. (að) drive frem, tilskynde (jvförr 1); frú hennar var þá örvað oktendrað þeim úróar eldi Str. 84.

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, örva may be more accurately written as ǫrva.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚠᛆ
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:

v.
Verbum.

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