Ör-verpi
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-verpi
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-verpi" (or ǫr-verpi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ör-verpi can mean:ör-verpi
- ör-verpi (ǫr-verpi)
- n. decrepitude, (from verpa I. 4); in the saying, karli hverjum kemr at örverpi, Fms. iii. 96.
- ör-verpi (ǫr-verpi)
- 2. a ‘reckling,’ the last smallest egg in a nest, so also the last-born dwarf-child, is in Icel. called örverpi.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-verpi may be more accurately written as ǫr-verpi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᚢᛁᚱᛒᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)