See also: orr, Orr, ørr, and ORR

Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *arwaz (ready, fast).

Adjective edit

ǫrr (accusative ǫrvan)

  1. swift, ready
    ísinn rak svá ǫrt at…
    the ice drifted so fast that…
  2. liberal, open-handed
  3. active, energetic

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • örr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.