Ráða-görstr

Old Norse Dictionary - ráða-görstr

Meaning of Old Norse word "ráða-görstr" (or ráða-gǫrstr)

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

ráða-görstr (ráða-gǫrstr)
adj. superl. the shrewdest of men, Fms. ix. 282, v. l.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
l.
line.
superl.
superlative.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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