Or-sök

Meaning of Old Norse word "or-sök" (or or-sǫk)

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

or-sök (or-sǫk)

f. [Germ. ursache; Dan. aarsag], a cause, freq. in mod. usage. orsaka-laust, n. adj. without a cause.

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

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