So-guru
Old Norse Dictionary - so-guru
Meaning of Old Norse word "so-guru"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- so-guru
- so-goru, so-gurt, so done (see göra F. III); enda siti um sogurt, let it remain as it is, Skáda (Thorodd); at soguru, as things stand, Ó. H. 202, Skv. 1. 24. 40; at eigi mundi sogurt sjatna, Nj.; á sogurt ofan, to boot, Bs. i. 178, Ölk. 36; þeir fóru heim við sogort, 655 vii. 4; fara heim með soguru, [= Gr. ἄπρακτος], Glúm. 332: the full form, svágörvu. Eg. 155, or svágört, Fas. i. 85, is due to editors or late transcribers, and is not idiomatic.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢ-ᚴᚢᚱᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Gr.
- Greek.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Ölk.
- Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)