Sundr-görðir

Old Norse Dictionary - sundr-görðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "sundr-görðir" (or sundr-gǫrðir) in English.

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

sundr-görðir (sundr-gǫrðir)
f. pl. show in dress, fashion; s. útlenda siðu ok klæðasnið, Fms. vi. 440; prestar skolu eigi fara með s. þær er biskup bannar, K. Þ. K. sundrgörða-maðr, m. a showy person, in dress, Fb. i. 368, Eb. 242:—an ostentatious man, inn mesti kappi ok s., Ísl. ii. 367; s. í orðum, showy in one’s speech, Fms. iii. 153, v. 69.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
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