Rassgörn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - rassgörn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "rassgörn" (or rassgǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

rassgörn (rassgǫrn): rassgörn, f. Endetarmen (jvf gd. arstarmKalkar I, 76a32); er þér ok nærr atstanga ór tönnum þér rassgarnar-endann merarinnar, er þú átzt áðr þúreitt til þings Nj. 121 (1859).

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, rassgörn may be more accurately written as rassgǫrn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᛆᛋᛋᚵᚯᚱᚿ
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.

gd.: gammeldansk.

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