Ofanverðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - ofanverðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ofanverðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ofanverðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ofanverðr
- a.
- ofanverðr
- 1) the upper, uppermost, opp. to neðanverðr;
- ofanverðr
- hann hjó í ofanverðan skjöldinn, in the uppermost part of the shield;
- ofanverðr
- á ofanverðu fjallinu, on the top of the mountain;
- ofanverðr
- breiðr at ofanverðu, broad at the top;
- ofanverðr
- 2) of time, in the later part of a period, opp. to öndverðr;
- ofanverðr
- ofanverða nótt, towards the end of the night, late in the night;
- ofanverðr
- á ofanverðum dögum Haralds, in the later part of the reign of King Harold.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᛅᚾᚢᛁᚱᚦᚱ
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