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efri

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; EFSTR, ; older form öfri, 2. 36, 248 (in a verse), 42, i. 10, 384, 5, 116; öfstr, x. 394, 686 C. 2, 50, 51, 18, 115, 116 (Gl.); and without the positive [as superior, supremus, ὑπέρτερος], but formed from the root syllable ‘of-,’ ofar, yfir; very old therefore mostly spell with ö, a vowel change of o; the form, as well as that of most , is with e, efri, efstr, 50, 23:
I. the upper, higher; the phrase, bera efra skjöld, to carry the higher shield, carry the day, x. 394 ( æfra): to neðri = upper, at Mosfelli enu öfra, 5: the adverb, phrase ‘it efra’ denoting the upper or inland road, to the shore; allt hit efra suðr, 58; sumir fóru it efra til Þríhyrnings-hálsa, 207; hit efra um Upplönd, i. 22: by land, to the sea, ii. 8: of the inner part of a building, to fremri or the part nearest the door, 43: in the air, to the earth, 115: efstr, the hindermost, e. liðr, the hindermost joint, 623. 32: efst as highest up, uppermost, efst á stólpanum, 655 xxv. 2.
β. superior, better; er öllum öfri er, 43.
II. the latter, last part:
1. , á efra aldri, in the decline of life, 4; inn öfri, the latter, to fyrri, i. 342; efri hluti sumars, in the decline of summer, 712; Ólafs-messa hin öfri (= síðari), the latter ( second) day of St. Olave ( 3), to Ólafs-messa fyrri (July 29), i. 10; efsti dómr, the last judgment, 58; öfsti dómr, id., 686 ; efsta vika, the last week of Lent = the Passion week, 386, 78; öfsti dagr Paska, the last day in Easter, i. 348; efsta bæn, the last prayer, 623. 50; þeim gef ek erni efstum bráðir, i. 429 (in a verse); efsta sinni, for the last time, 227; þó vér ritim hana öfri en aðrar, 116.2. , where aptari and aptastr or eptri and eptstr are the common words; fyrstr and efstr are opposed, foremost and last, in a rank, ; sá fyrstr er efstr gekk inn, i. 32.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
  • superl.efsta stig (e. superlative)
  • ch.chapter.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Gr.Greek.
  • cp.compare.
  • MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • mod.modern.
  • i. e.id est.
  • MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • opp.opposed.
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • adv.atviksorð (e. adverb)
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • temp.temporal.
  • viz.namely.
  • l. c.loco citato.
  • loc.local, locally.
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