Sundr-görðir
Old Norse Dictionary - sundr-görðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "sundr-görðir" (or sundr-gǫrðir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sundr-görðir (sundr-gǫrðir)
- f. pl. show in dress, fashion; s. útlenda siðu ok klæðasnið, Fms. vi. 440; prestar skolu eigi fara með s. þær er biskup bannar, K. Þ. K. sundrgörða-maðr, m. a showy person, in dress, Fb. i. 368, Eb. 242:—an ostentatious man, inn mesti kappi ok s., Ísl. ii. 367; s. í orðum, showy in one’s speech, Fms. iii. 153, v. 69.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sundr-görðir may be more accurately written as sundr-gǫrðir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚾᛏᚱ-ᚴᚢᚱᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)