Góð-görning

Old Norse Dictionary - góð-görning

Meaning of Old Norse word "góð-görning" (or góð-gǫrning) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

góð-görning (góð-gǫrning)
f. = góðgörningr, Hom. 128.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, góð-görning may be more accurately written as góð-gǫrning.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦ-ᚴᚢᚱᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
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