Ráða-görstr
Old Norse Dictionary - ráða-görstrMeaning of Old Norse word "ráða-görstr" (or ráða-gǫrstr) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ráða-görstr (ráða-gǫrstr)
- adj. superl. the shrewdest of men, Fms. ix. 282, v. l.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ráða-görstr may be more accurately written as ráða-gǫrstr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚦᛅ-ᚴᚢᚱᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- superl.
- superlative.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)