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( ør-), a prefixed particle, altered from us-; the s remains in usall = vesall, see p. 699, col. 2; also spelt er-, er-vita, ; or eyr-, eyr-grynni, 106; evr-lygi, (in a verse): [ us-; ur-; when uncompounded, see ór, úr, p. 472; as a prefix to nouns, ör- or ör-, for which see p. 469, col. 2. Indeed, there is a strong probability that the negative prefix ó- is a contraction, not of un-, but of or-, so that ó-bættr is from or-bættr, ó-verðr from or-verðr, by agglutination of r, whereby the vowel becomes long (as the prefix ar- in appears â-): this would account for the fact, that in the very oldest and best vellums there is hardly a single instance of ú- for ó-, and this is the sole modern form not only all over Iceland, but also in most popular idioms of Norway and Sweden; a farther proof is that in many words or-, the ancient form, is preserved in a few vellums, especially of the Norse laws, in such rare forms as ör-sekr, ör-bætiligr, ör-vænt, and ó-vænt, where the current form is ó-sekr, ; so also, ör-keypis and ó-keypis, ör-grynni and ó-grynni, ör-hóf and ó-hóf. Therefore or-, not un-, is, we believe, the phonetical parent of the later Scandinavian negative prefix ó-. The extensive use of ör- and the utter absence of ú- or un- may be explained by the supposition that, for the sake of uniformity, all words beginning with ör- and un- gradually took the same form; for though in ancient days ör- was more extensively used than it is at present, it can hardly have been the sole form in all words now beginning with ó-]:—ör- is used as denoting a negative, as ör-grynni, a being bottomless; or lack or loss of, as ör-sekr, out of being sekr; ör-verðr.
2. special usages are, what is of yore, as in ör-lög ( ur-, as in ur-theil, or-deal), ör-nefni, ör-gelmir, ör-vasi.3. in usage ör- is prefixed to adjectives, = utterly, but only in instances denoting ‘smallness,’ or something negative, ör-grannr, ör-stuttr, ör-skammr, ör-grunnr, ör-mjör, ör-fátækr, ör-snauðr, ör-eyða, ör-taka, ör-reyta, qq. v.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- i. e.id est.
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- mod.modern.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- etc.et cetera.
- cp.compare.
- Germ.German.
- Engl.English.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)