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œðri, higher, œztr, highest (spelt eozt, 1812. 51; the spelling is æðstr); it has no positive: [this word is the same as the auhuma, auhumists, h and þ being interchanged; the usages in the , when compared with the , shew the identity of the words beyond doubt, æðstu prestar, Matth. xxvi. 59; sá æðsti prestr, 63; þeim æðstu prestum, xxvii. 3; þeir æðstu prestar, 6, 20: with which ahumists gudja in : þess árs æðsti prestr, John xviii. 15 (where ‘ahumists’ weiha)]:—higher, highest:
I. in a local sense; uppi ok niðri leitaða ek æðra vegar up and down I sought for the higher road, 52; á bekk annan þann er æðri var, 294,—in the old halls the two sets of benches were technically called the æðri, the higher, and the ú-æðri, th e lower; as also æðra öndvegi and ú-æðra öndvegi, the upper and lower high-seat, passim: þeir náðu uppgöngu ok urðu æðri, higher, x. 412; ef leysings leysingr verðr veginn, ok á inn æðri (the former, jener) þar sök ok bætr, ii. 71; in all other places used,
2. higher in rank or dignity; heilagir englar, aðrir eru öðrum œðri, ok öfundar engi annan, 37; œðri tign, 12; œðri kraptr, 25; tólf hofgoðar vóru œztir, i. 6; askr Ygdrasils hann er œztr viða, 44; biskupa allra er páfi œztr, 415. 5; þeim sveini er œztr væri, Heiðrekr segir, Haralds son vera œztan, i. 526; œztr ok mest virðr, i. 247; fyrstr eðr êdzstr (sic), Sti, 278, ; hit œzta hof í Gautlandi, x. 252; inni æztu Guðs þjónustu, 36; þar er œzt kirkja Benedikti, 25: the word is still in use both in speech and in writing, see the references above from the
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • i. e.id est.
  • compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
  • superl.efsta stig (e. superlative)
  • mod.modern.
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • cp.compare.
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • Germ.German.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
  • N. T.New Testament.
  • Sól.Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Greg.Gregory. (F. II.)
  • Eluc.Elucidarium. (F. II.)
  • Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
  • Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
  • Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • K. Á.Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
  • Symb.Symbolae. (H. IV.)