Gormr
Old Norse Dictionary - gormr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gormr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gormr can mean:gormr
- gormr
- m. ooze, mud, grounds in coffee and the like:—a local name of a muddy creek at the bottom of Gils-fjörðr in the west of Icel.
- gormr
- II. name of an old Danish king, prob. contracted from Goð-ormr, cp. Guthrum in the Saxon Chronicle.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- cp.
- compare.
- prob.
- probably.