Örvarskurðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örvarskurðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örvarskurðr" (or ǫrvarskurðr) in Norwegian.

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

örvarskurðr (ǫrvarskurðr): örvarskurðr, m. Handlingen at skera uppör (se ör 2). Gul. 160; var þat fyrsttil ráðs tekit at skjóta upp vitum okörvarskurðum ok skipferðum Fsk. 58.

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, örvarskurðr may be more accurately written as ǫrvarskurðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚠᛆᚱᛋᚴᚢᚱᚦᚱ
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.

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