Ör-eigi
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-eigi
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-eigi" (or ǫr-eigi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ör-eigi can mean:ör-eigi
- ör-eigi (ǫr-eigi)
- and ör-eiga, adj. also used as a noun, want, destitution.
- ör-eigi (ǫr-eigi)
- 2. ‘out of owning,’ poor, destitute, Al. 5; ef sá maðr er ö. er þá kirkju á, n. G. l. i. 388; ef sá maðr andask er öreigi er, ok er engi maðr skyldr at gjalda skuldir hans, Grág. i. 408; öreigi ok féþurfi, Fms. ii. 80; ef þeir menn eru á skipinu er búa ómegðar-búi, ok sé menn öreiga, K. Þ. K. 90; tólf aura öreiga-mund, n. G. l. i. 27, 54, see mundr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-eigi may be more accurately written as ǫr-eigi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᛁᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)