Görr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - görrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "görr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
görr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- görr
- (acc. görvan), a. and pp.
- görr
- 1) skilled, accomplished (vel at sér g.); leggja görva hönd á e-t, to to be an adept, a master in a thing;
- görr
- 2) ready, willing (g. gull at bjóða). with gen., g. ills hugar, prone to evil skulut þess görvir, be ready for that!
- görr
- 3) svá gört, so done, so; verða menn þat svá gört at hafa, it must be so at svá görvu, this being the case.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
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