Gormr

Old Norse Dictionary - gormr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gormr" in English.

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

gormr Old Norse word can mean:

gormr
m. ooze, mud, grounds in coffee and the like:—a local name of a muddy creek at the bottom of Gils-fjörðr in the west of Icel.
gormr
II. name of an old Danish king, prob. contracted from Goð-ormr, cp. Guthrum in the Saxon Chronicle.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
cp.
compare.
prob.
probably.

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