Ór
Old Icelandic Dictionary - órMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ór" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ór Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ór
- prep. with dat.
- ór
- 1) out of, from; tekinn ór jörðu, taken out of the earth; vakna ór svefni, to wake out of sleep; Ísland bygðist ór Noregi, from Norway; ór Mön, from the Isle of Man; er þá bar ór hafi, from the sea; spyrja ór kaupstefnu, to ask news from the market; hús ór húsi, from house to house; ráðast ór hernaði, to leave off freebooting;
- ór
- 2) denoting the substance of which a thing is made, of, out of; ór Ymis holdi var jörð um sköpuð, out of Y.’s flesh the earth was made, hjölt ór gulli, a golden hilt;
- ór
- 3) out of, from among (þessir féllu ór liði Haralds);
- ór
- 4) denoting cause; deyja ór sárum, sótt, to die of wounds, sickness;
- ór
- 5) beyond; svá mikill snjór, at þat var ór dœnum, beyond exaniple, unexampled; ór hófi, beyond measure; þurru mjök vinsældir hans ór því sem vóru, his popularily dwindled from what it had been;
- ór
- 6) ór því, after (nú skal segja, hvat gørðist ór því F. var í burtu farinn);
- ór
- 7) absol., hann skar ór spjótit, he cut the spear clean through.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.