Ör-vasi
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-vasi
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-vasi" (or ǫr-vasi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ör-vasi (ǫr-vasi)
- and ör-vasa, adj. [from ör- and vesa = to be?], prop. decrepit, ‘stone-old,’ worn out; gamall ok örvasi, Glúm. 337, Stj. 225, 548; móður mjök gamla ok örvasa, Fms. i. 76; örvasa af elli, Fb. i. 77; á örvasa aldri, in one’s old age, Fms. ii. 42, Sks. 162 new Ed; enn er Haraldr var orðinn örvasi, Hkr. i. 67; örvasar ok ómagar, N. G. L. i. 180.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-vasi may be more accurately written as ǫr-vasi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᚢᛅᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)