Ofan-verðr
Old Norse Dictionary - ofan-verðrMeaning of Old Norse word "ofan-verðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ofan-verðr Old Norse word can mean:
- ofan-verðr
- adj., opp. to neðanverðr (q. v.), the upper, uppermost; í ofanvert bjargit, Hkr. i. 290; komnir í ofanvert riðit, Fms. ii. 5; skegg á ofanverðu barðinu, 310; breiðr at ofanverðu, Ísl. ii. 345; á ofanverðu fjalli, Str. 54; á ofanverðri Heiðmörk, Fb. ii. 292; frá öndverðu til ofanverðs, from top to bottom, Hom. 118; frá ofanverðu allr prjónaðr, John xix. 23.
- ofan-verðr
- 2. temp. in the later part of a period, opp. to öndverðr; ofanverða nótt, towards the end of the night, late in the night, Fms. iv. 54, Gullþ. 27; öndurða … ofanverða æfi sína, Ver. 25, Rb. 410; á ofanverðum dögum Haralds, Fh. ii. 182, Gísl. 3.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᛅᚾ-ᚢᛁᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- opp.
- opposed.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- temp.
- temporal.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
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