Görvir
Old Norse Dictionary - görvir
Meaning of Old Norse word "görvir" (or gǫrvir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- görvir (gǫrvir)
- m., poët. a doer, maker, Lex. poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, görvir may be more accurately written as gǫrvir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᚢᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.