Gor-vargr

Old Norse Dictionary - gor-vargr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gor-vargr" in English.

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

gor-vargr
m. a law term, [early Dan. and Swed. gornithing; Ivar Aasen gortjuv], a ‘gore-worrier,’ one who feloniously destroys another man’s cattle, liable to outlawry, defined in n. G. L. ii. 523.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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