Gørð

Old Icelandic Dictionary - gørð

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "gørð" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

gørð Old Icelandic word can mean:

gørð
f.
gørð
1) making, building;
gørð
2) doing, act, deed;
gørð
orð ok gørðir, words and deeds;
gørð
3) arbitration, award;
gørð
leggja mál í ~, to submit a case to arbitration;
gørð
taka menn til gørðar, to choose umpires;
gørð
segja or lúka upp ~, to deliver the arbitration.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᚦ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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