Definitions
Definitions
1 orða
1. að, to talk, talk of; var þetta brátt orðat, Háv. 39; cp. þau eru orðuð saman, it is talked of that they are to be married; vera orðaðr við e-ð, to be talked of in connection with a thing (in a bad sense); sem hann heyrði at menn um orðuðu ok at töldu, as he heard that people talked and gossipped, Str. 54; þá orðaði konungr (the king declared) at hér skyldi laga-skipti á vera, Fms. ix. 336, v. l.; sem þeir áðr hafa orðat nökkut, as they had spoken of, discussed, 472, v. l.
2 orða
2. to word a letter or the like; orða bréf, það er vel orðað, ílla orðað, well, badly worded.
3 orða
2. u, f. [Lat. word], ordinance (the book of), Vm. 52, 119, 123, 128: mod. order, orðu-bók, f. a book of ordinance, Vm. 90, 91, 139.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
orða
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "orða" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).