Frá-görðir
Old Norse Dictionary - frá-görðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "frá-görðir" (or frá-gǫrðir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frá-görðir (frá-gǫrðir)
- f. pl. surpassing feats; var þat at frágerðum, it was extraordinary, Ísl. ii. 83. COMPDS, with gen. pl. surpassing, choice: frágörða-lið, n. choice troops, Lv. 93. frágörða-maðr, m. a remarkable man, Fs. 3, Fær. 52, Fms. iii. 114, x. 192. frágörða-mikill, adj. exceeding great, Fms. x. 172.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, frá-görðir may be more accurately written as frá-gǫrðir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅ-ᚴᚢᚱᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)