Annarr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - annarr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "annarr" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

annarr Old Icelandic word can mean:

annarr: (önnur, annat), a., indef. pron., ord. numb.;

annarr: 1) one of the two, the one (of two);

annarr: Egill þessi hefir aðra hönd (only one hand) ok er kaliaðr einhendr;

annarr: á aðra hönd, on the one side;

annarr: a. … a. one … the other (hét a. Sörli, en a. Þorkell);

annarr: 2) second;

annarr: í annat sinn, for the second time;

annarr: høggr hann þegar annat (viz. högg), a second blow;

annarr: 3) the next following;

annarr: á öðru hausti, the next autumn;

annarr: annat sumar eptir;

annarr: fig., next in value or rank;

annarr: annat mest hof í Noregi, the next greatest temple;

annarr: fjölmennast þing annat eptir brennu Njáls, the fullest assembly next to that after the burning of N.;

annarr: 4) some other (hón lék á gólfinu við aðrar meyjar);

annarr: Þórarinn ok tíu menn aðrir, and ten men besides;

annarr: hann var örvari af fé en nokkurr a., than anybody else;

annarr: 5) other, different;

annarr: öl er a. maðr, ale (a drunken man) is another man, is not the same man;

annarr: þau höfðu annan átrúnað, a different religion;

annarr: 6) in various combinations;

annarr: ~ slíkr, such another, another of the same sort;

annarr: gekk a. til at öðrum (one after another) at biðja hann;

annarr: hverja nótt aðra sem aðra, every night in turn;

annarr: annat var orð Finns harðara en annat, each word of Finn was harder than another;

annarr: aðrir … aðrir, some … others;

annarr: einir ok aðrir, various;

annarr: ymsir ok aðrir, now one, now another (nefna upp ymsa ok aðra);

annarr: hvárr (or hverr) … annan, each other, one another (hétu hvárir öðrum atförum);

annarr: við þau tíðindi urðu allir giaðir ok sagði hverr öðrum, one told the news to another, man to man.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᚾᛅᚱᚱ

Abbreviations used:

def.: definite.

f.: feminine.

indef.: indefinite.

n.: neuter.

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