Ráða-görð
Old Norse Dictionary - ráða-görð
Meaning of Old Norse word "ráða-görð" (or ráða-gǫrð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ráða-görð (ráða-gǫrð)
- n. a taking councel, plan, design; Brynjólfr lét ílla yfir þessi ráðagörð, Eg; 24, 765, Fms. vii. 258, Fs. 39, 55; þeir ræddu opt inn ráðagörð sína. Eg. 115; töluðu þau leyniliga r. sína, Nj. 5; hafa áhyggjur ok ráðagörðir, plannings, Fms. i. 84; hann hafði r. fyrir liðinu, Fb. i. 351.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ráða-görð may be more accurately written as ráða-gǫrð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚦᛅ-ᚴᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)