So-guru

Old Norse Dictionary - so-guru

Meaning of Old Norse word "so-guru" in English.

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

so-guru: so-goru, so-gurt, so done (see göra F. III); enda siti um sogurt, let it remain as it is, Skáda (Thorodd); at soguru, as things stand, Ó. H. 202, Skv. 1. 24. 40; at eigi mundi sogurt sjatna, Nj.; á sogurt ofan, to boot, Bs. i. 178, Ölk. 36; þeir fóru heim við sogort, 655 vii. 4; fara heim með soguru, [= Gr. ἄπρακτος], Glúm. 332: the full form, svágörvu. Eg. 155, or svágört, Fas. i. 85, is due to editors or late transcribers, and is not idiomatic.

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

Abbreviations used:

Gr.: Greek.

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

Ölk.: Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)

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