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GÖRA,
ð,
also
spelt
görva,
giörva,
geyra,
giora,
gera:
prop.
gøra,
not
g
ra
(the
ø
was
sounded
nearly
as
y
or
ey),
so
that
the
g
is
to
be
sounded
as
an
aspirate,
however
the
word
is
spelt;
and
the
insertion
of
i
or
j
(giöra,
gjöra),
which
is
usual
in
mod.
writing,
and
often
occurs
in
old,
is
phonetic,
not
radical,
and
göra
and
gjöra
represent
the
same
sound.
The
word
in
the
oldest
form
had
a
characteristic
v,
and
is
spelt
so
on
the
Runic
stones
in
the
frequent
Runic
phrase,
gaurva
kubl,
Baut.,
and
Danske
Runemind.
passim;
but
also
now
and
then
in
old
Icel.
MSS.,
e.g.
the
Kb.
of
Sæm.
(cited
from
Bugge's
Edit.),
gorva,
Am.
75,
Skv.
1.
34,
3.
20,
Hm.
123,
Og.
29;
gerva,
Am.
64,
Bkv.
3;
giorva,
Rm.
9;
giorfa,
28;
gorvir,
Hkv.
Hjörv.
41;
gørvom,
Hým.
6;
gorviz,
Am.
35;
gerviz,
Merl.
2.
89
:--
this
characteristic
v
has
since
been
dropped,
and
it
is
usually
spelt
without
it
in
MSS.,
gora,
Hým.
1,
Og.
23,
Ls.
65;
gera,
Am.
85;
gorir,
Hm.
114:
the
pret.
always
drops
the
v,
gorþi,
Hym.
21;
gorðo
or
gorþo,
fecerunt,
Hm.
142,
Am.
9;
gorðumz,
Hðm.
28;
gerþi,
Am.
74;
gerþit,
26
:--
with
i
inserted,
Rm.
9,
22;
giordu,
11;
in
the
Mork.
freq.
giavra.
The
ö
is
still
sounded
in
the
east
of
Icel.,
whereas
gera
is
the
common
form
in
speech,
gjöra
in
writing
:--
the
old
pres.
indic.
used
by
the
Germanic Lexicon Project (main page)
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