Fjarri
Old Icelandic Dictionary - fjarriMeaning of Old Icelandic word "fjarri" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
fjarri Old Icelandic word can mean:
- fjarri
- (firr, first), adv.
- fjarri
- 1) far off (svá at f. flugu brotin); with dat. far from (sólu f); standa f. e-m, to stand far from one; compar., firr, farther off farit firr húsi, keep off from the house; allt er fjörvi firr, life is the nearest (dearest) thing; firr meirr, farther aloof (bóndamúgrinn sat firr meirr);
- fjarri
- 2) fig., taka e-u ~, to take a thing coldly, show disinclination, refuse (Ormr tók því ekki f.); ok er þat ekki f. hennar skapi, it is not far from her mind; f. ferr því, far from it, by no means; nú sé ek eigi, at mér mætti firr um fara en þér, now I see not how I can fare worse than thou;
- fjarri
- 3) far from, bereft of; f. feðrmunum, bereft of my patrimony.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛅᚱᚱᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- compar.
- comparative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- e-u
- einhverju.
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