Nörðri

Old Norse Dictionary - nörðri

Meaning of Old Norse word "nörðri" (or nǫrðri)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

nörðri (nǫrðri)
nörðstr, see nyrðri, nyrðstr.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, nörðri may be more accurately written as nǫrðri.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚱᚦᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements


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