Of

Old Icelandic Dictionary - of

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "of" in English.

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

of Old Icelandic word can mean:

of
I)
of
prep.
of
1) with dat. and acc., over = yfir (fara of fjöll; sitja of borði); of time, = um; of haust or of haustum, in the autumn; of aptaninn, in the evening; of hríð, for a while; of allt, always;
of
2) with acc. of, about (bera vitni of e-t);
of
3) in a casual sense, poet.; of sanna sök, for a just cause, justly.
of
II)
of
an enclitic particle, chiefly placed before verbs; ek drykk of gat ens dýra mjaðar, I got a draught of the precious mead.
of
III)
of
n.
of
1) great quantity, number; of fjár, immensity of wealth; of liðs, a vast host of men;
of
2) excess; við of, to excess; þótti hirðmönnum hans við of, they thought it was beyond measure;
of
3) pride, conceit (kirkjan verðr eigi svá mikil, at þar muni of þitt allt í liggja).
of
IV)
of
adv.
of
1) with adjectives and adverbs; too; of gamall, ungr, langr, stuttr, too old, young, long, short; of mjök, too much; of lengi, too long;
of
2) with the neuter of a past part. over-much, too much; hafa of drukkit, to have drunk too much; hafa of gört, to have transgressed; hafa of mælt, to have said too much; hafa of tekið við e-n, to have gone too far.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠ

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
dat.
dative.
e-t
eitthvat.
n.
neuter.
adv.
adverb.
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