Uppgörr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - uppgörr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "uppgörr" (or uppgǫrr) in Norwegian.

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

uppgörr (uppgǫrr): uppgörr, adj. overvunden, ødelagt, bragt dertil at det ikke er mere om en; skildihann sik vesaliga véltan ok uppgörvanHeilag. II, 36817; kómu þeir aptr okfundu þá líkamann af dýrum uppdreg-inn ok síðan uppgörvan af gjóðum oköðrum hræfuglum Heilag. II, 3971 (jvfgera upp Heilag. I, 3822. 5111).

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, uppgörr may be more accurately written as uppgǫrr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᛕᛕᚵᚯᚱᚱ
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.