Ör-grandari

Old Norse Dictionary - ör-grandari

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

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

ör-grandari (ǫr-grandari)
(urgrandari), m. the desolator, Runic stone.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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