Örvadrífa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örvadrífa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örvadrífa" (or ǫrvadrífa) in Norwegian.

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

örvadrífa (ǫrvadrífa): örvadrífa, f. d. s.; fyrir þessum flota varsvá at sjá á sæinn, sem þá er stórregneru í logni; þessi skúr leið skjótt yfir,ok var þat örvadrífa, þurfti þá skjölduvið Fm. VIII, 222.

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, örvadrífa may be more accurately written as ǫrvadrífa.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚠᛆᚦᚱᛁᚠᛆ
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.

s.: substantiv.

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