Ör-kostr
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-kostrMeaning 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., Hým. 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.)