Innri

Old Norse Dictionary - innri

Meaning of Old Norse word "innri" in English.

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

innri Old Norse word can mean:

innri: a compar., in old MSS. almost always spelt iðri, and so used in poets; liðhraustr konungr sár in iðri, FmS. xi. 314 (in a verse of the beginning of the 12th century); superl. innstr:—the inmost, Lat. interior, í en iðri sundin, Eg. 358; í Eynni iðri, Hkr. i. 144; at Hólmi enum iðra, Landn. 52; hann bjó undir Felli eno iðra = the present Staðarfell, Sturl. i. 9 (MS.); fara hit iðra, to go by the inner road, Eg. 13, Rd. 268; it iðra, inside the house, Kormak; konungs skip lágu innst (innermost) í vökinni, FmS. vi. 337; sitja iðri, to sit innermost, Konr.; þeir skulu sitja innstir á hirðpall, n. G. l. ii. 447.

innri: II. metaph., ens ytra manns ok ens iðra, Hom. 53; hin innri augu, H. E. i. 513; ens iðra vegs, GrEg. 25; ef eigi er kennandi innra, sem læri hjartað, 19; af enum innsta sárleik hjartans, Hom. 11: enu innstu hluti himins, 57.

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

Abbreviations used:

compar.: comparative.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

Lat.: Latin.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

superl.: superlative.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Konr.: Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Rd.: Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

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