Ör-kostr

Old Norse Dictionary - ör-kostr

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-kostr" (or ǫr-kostr) in English.

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

ör-kostr Old Norse word can mean:

ör-kostr (ǫr-kostr)
m. a resource, way out of a difficulty; hann skal gjalda sex aura … ef hann á örkost til en ekki elligar, Grág. ii. 155; ek hefi slíkan örkost (mat, Bs. i, l. c.) ætlat til Jóla-vistar mönnum sem hér hefir lengi vant verit, Sturl. i. 216: so in the phrase, eiga einskis úrkostar, to have means for nothing, be destitute; ef hann á þess úrkosti, if he has means to do it.
ör-kostr (ǫr-kostr)
II. a ‘want of choice,’ lack; fundu þeir at Ægis örkost hvera, they found no cauldron by Æ.,m. 1.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Hým.
Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
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