Of
Old Icelandic Dictionary - ofMeaning 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.