Stórvirki

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stórvirki

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stórvirki" in Norwegian.

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

stórvirki
stórvirki, n. stor Gjerning, Bedrift, = stór-verk; at - vér megim allan aldr lifaí lofligri frásögn þeirra, er vár stór-virki vilja ritat hafa Alex. 1602; Flosivildi eigi finna Hall mág sínn, þvíathann þóttist vita, at Hallr mundi letjaallra stórvirkja Nj. 125 (1936); spyrrhón hann at stórvirkjum sínum, enhann sagði henni alt af létta ok spurðihana, hvárt hón vissi nökkurn kon-ung sér jafnan at hreysti ok harðræði,frægðum ok framkvæmdum Flat. I,27828; þó at Saturnus hefði skipt Ju-piter himinríki, þá girntist hann eigiat síðr at eignast jarðríki, ok herjarnú upp á ríki föður síns, ok svá segist,at hann léti taka hann ok gelda, okfyrir slík stórvirki segir hann sik guðvera SE. I, 187; Einarr spurði ok ímót Egil frá þeim tíðindum, er fyrrhöfðu gjörzt um ferðir Egils ok stór-virki hans Eg. 82 (20527); vinna stór-virki Sturl. II, 3715.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚮᚱᚠᛁᚱᚴᛁ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
n.
Neutrum.

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