Ör-verpi

Old Norse Dictionary - ör-verpi

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

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

ör-verpi Old Norse word can mean:

ör-verpi (ǫr-verpi): n. decrepitude, (from verpa I. 4); in the saying, karli hverjum kemr at örverpi, Fms. iii. 96.

ör-verpi (ǫr-verpi): 2. a ‘reckling,’ the last smallest egg in a nest, so also the last-born dwarf-child, is in Icel. called örverpi.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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