Œðri

Old Icelandic Dictionary - œðri

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "œðri" in English.

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

œðri Old Icelandic word can mean:

œðri
a. compar. higher;
œðri
1) in a local sense;
œðri
uppi ok niðri leitaða ek œðra vegar, up and down I sought for the higher road;
œðri
œðra öndvegi, œðri bekkr, the upper high-seat, higher bench, opp. to úœðra öndvegi, úœðri bekkr, the lower high-seat or bench;
œðri
2) fig. higher in rank or dignity.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚦᚱᛁ

Abbreviations used:

compar.
comparative.

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