Görn
Old Norse Dictionary - görn
Meaning of Old Norse word "görn" (or gǫrn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- görn (gǫrn)
- f., old pl. garnar, Grág. ii. 361, 371, usually and mod. garnir, [akin to garn, yarn], the guts, Landn. 217, Grág. ii. 361, Jb. 320, Ls. 50.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, görn may be more accurately written as gǫrn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)