Ör-fátækr

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-fátækr" (or ǫr-fátækr)

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

ör-fátækr (ǫr-fátækr)

adj. utterly poor, = öreigi, freq. in mod. usage.

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

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