Örvasi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örvasi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örvasi" (or ǫrvasi) in Norwegian.

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

örvasi (ǫrvasi): örvasi, adj. affældig, afkræftet; þá er ekvar ungr ok í víkingu ok vann nökkuttil frama; nú veit ek eigi hvárt ekmætta þá við þik jamnast, en núhalfu síðr at ek em gamall ok örvasiVígagl. 662; gamall ok allnær örvasiat aldri Kgs. 16230; gamall ok af elliörvasi Flat. I, 7722; konungr gerðistnú gamall, en þó meirr örvasi en aldrstóð til Stj. 54814; á örvasa aldri Flat.I, 31832; Kgs. 162 &vl; örvasar okómagar Frost. 5, 13.

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, örvasi may be more accurately written as ǫrvasi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚠᛆᛋᛁ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

s.: substantiv.

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