Neðarr
Old Norse Dictionary - neðarrMeaning of Old Norse word "neðarr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- neðarr
- compar. lower, farther down, superl. neðast and neðst, nethermost, lowest down (and so in mod. usage), adv. answering to niðr, q. v.:—nökkuru neðarr, Fms. i. 215; neðarr en hón hafði ætlað, Gísl. 72; svá sem þeir máttu neðast, Fms. iv. 50; neðst ský ok vindar … neðast jörð, v. 340, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚦᛅᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- compar.
- comparative.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- superl.
- superlative.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.