Eptir

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

eptir Old Icelandic word can mean:

eptir

prep with dat. and acc.;

eptir

I. with dat.

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1) with verbs of motion, after (ríða, róa, fara, ganga, senda e-m);

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2) denoting the aim and object of many verbs;

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leita, spyrja, frétta, ~ e-u, to search, ask, inquire after;

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líta ~ e-u, to look afler, attend to;

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bíða ~ e-u, to wait for;

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vaka ~ e-m, to sit up waiting for one;

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segja ~ e-m, to report behind one’s back;

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3) following the course of a track, road, etc., along;

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niðr ~ hálsinum, down the hill;

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~ endilongu, from one end to the other;

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~ miðju, along the middle;

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4) after, according to, in accordance with (~ sið þeirra ok lögum);

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hann leiddist ~ fortölum hennar, he was led by her persuasion;

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gekk allt ~ því sem H. hafði sagt, according as H. had said;

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5) denoting proportion, comparison;

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fátt manna ~ því sem hann var vanr, few men in comparison to what he was want to have;

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6) with verbs denoting imitation, indulgence, longing after;

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láta ~ e-m, to indulge one;

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breyta ~ e-m, to imitate;

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7) behind (hann leiddi ~ sér hestinn);

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fundust ~ þeim írskar bœkr, which they had left behind;

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II. with acc.

eptir

1) of time, after, in succession to (vár kom ~ vetr);

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hvern dag ~ annan, one day after the other;

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ár ~ ár, dag ~ dag, year by year, day by day;

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~ þat, after that, thereafter;

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2) denoting succession, inheritance;

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taka e-t í arf ~ e-n, to inherit from one;

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hann tók konungdóm ~ föður sinn, after his father;

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vita þá skömm ~ sik, to leave such a bad report;

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skaði mikill er ~ menn slíka, there is a great loss in such men;

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III. as adv.

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1) after;

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annat sumar ~, the second summer after;

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um daginn ~, the day after;

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~ um várit, later during the spring;

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~ koma úsvinnum ráð, the fool is wise when too late;

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2) behind;

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bíða sitja ~, to wait, stay behind;

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vera, standa ~, to remain behind, be left;

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halda e-u ~, to keep back;

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skammt get ek ~ þinnar æfi, I guess that little is left of thy life;

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3) before the rel. part., ~ er = ~ þat er, after (ef maðr, andast á þingi ~ er menn eru á braut farnir);

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4) ~ á, afterwards, later on;

eptir

in addition.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛒᛏᛁᚱ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary