Rita-görð

Meaning of Old Norse word "rita-görð" (or rita-gǫrð)

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

rita-görð (rita-gǫrð)

f. writing, correspondence, Bs. i. 475.

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

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