Girða
Old Norse Dictionary - girða
Meaning of Old Norse word "girða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- girða
- ð, mod. t, older form gerða, [Ulf. gairdan = περιζώννυμι]:— to fence, Fms. x. 211, Grett. 168, Grág. ii. 263; cp. gyrða, which means to tie up, gird.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚱᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)