Góð-görningr
Old Norse Dictionary - góð-görningr
Meaning of Old Norse word "góð-görningr" (or góð-gǫrningr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- góð-görningr (góð-gǫrningr)
- m. a good deed, charity, 655 xxiii. 1, Fms. i. 142, vi. 272, Hom. 70, Stj. 25, 399, Bs. i. 109.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, góð-görningr may be more accurately written as góð-gǫrningr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦ-ᚴᚢᚱᚾᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)