Ör-vænta
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-vænta
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-vænta" (or ǫr-vænta)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ör-vænta can mean:ör-vænta
- ör-vænta (ǫr-vænta)
- t, to despair, with gen., Ísl. ii. 160, Fms. x. 219, 352: enskis ílls örvænti ek fyrir yðr, there is no wicked thing that may not be expected from you, Ísl. ii. 160, freq. in mod. usage.
- ör-vænta (ǫr-vænta)
- 2. reflex., Fms. vi. 410, Fb. iii. 391.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-vænta may be more accurately written as ǫr-vænta.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᚢᛅᚾᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)