Görning

Old Norse Dictionary - görning

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

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

görning Old Norse word can mean:

görning (gǫrning)
(gjörning, gerning), f. (in mod. usage masc. -ingr, Sturl. i. 217):—a doing, deed, act, Sturl. l. c., Hom. 106; góð-g., well-doing, a good deed; mis-g., a mis-deed: a written deed, freq.: in plur., Postulanna Görningar or Gjörninga bók, the book of the Acts of the Apostles, freq.; kirkja á messu-bók ok görninga, Ám. 4.
görning (gǫrning)
II. only in plur. sorceries, witchcraft, Fs. 37, Fms. ii. 134, v. 326, x. 136, Hom. 53, 86, N. G. l. i. 351, passim; esp. in the allit. phrase, galdrar ok g.
görning (gǫrning)
COMPDS: görningahríð, görningamaðr, görningasótt, görningastakkr, görningavættr.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
masc.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
plur.
plural.
allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
esp.
especially.
L.
Linnæus.
lit.
literally.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Ám.
Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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