Rit-görð

Old Norse Dictionary - rit-görð

Meaning of Old Norse word "rit-görð" (or rit-gǫrð) in English.

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

rit-görð (rit-gǫrð)
f. a treatise, (mod.)

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
mod.
modern.

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