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Dictionnaire vieux norrois - æðri
Signification du mot vieux norrois "æðri"
Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :
Le mot vieux norrois æðri peut signifier :æðri
- æðri
- i. e. œðri, compar. higher, superl. œztr, highest (spelt eozt, Rb. 1812. 51; the mod. spelling is æðstr); it has no positive: [this word is the same as the Goth. auhuma, auhumists, h and þ being interchanged; the usages in the Icel. N. T., when compared with the Goth., shew the identity of the words beyond doubt, e. g. æðstu prestar, Matth. xxvi. 59; sá æðsti prestr, 63; þeim æðstu prestum, xxvii. 3; þeir æðstu prestar, 6, 20: with which cp. ahumists gudja in Ulf.: þess árs æðsti prestr, John xviii. 15 (where Ulf. ‘ahumists’ weiha)]:—higher, highest:
- æðri
- I. in a local sense; uppi ok niðri leitaða ek æðra vegar up and down I sought for the higher road, Sól. 52; á bekk annan þann er æðri var, Ld. 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, Fms. x. 412; ef leysings leysingr verðr veginn, ok á inn æðri (the former, Germ. jener) þar sök ok bætr, Grág. ii. 71; in all other places used,
- æðri
- 2. metaph. higher in rank or dignity; heilagir englar, aðrir eru öðrum œðri, ok öfundar engi annan, Greg. 37; œðri tign, Eluc. 12; œðri kraptr, Sks. 25; tólf hofgoðar vóru œztir, Hkr. i. 6; askr Ygdrasils hann er œztr viða, Gm. 44; biskupa allra er páfi œztr, 415. 5; þeim sveini er œztr væri, Heiðrekr segir, Haralds son vera œztan, Fas. i. 526; œztr ok mest virðr, Fms. i. 247; fyrstr eðr êdzstr (sic), Sti, 278, v. l.; hit œzta hof í Gautlandi, Fms. x. 252; inni æztu Guðs þjónustu, K. Á. 36; þar er œzt kirkja Benedikti, Symb. 25: the word is still in freq. use both in speech and in writing, see the references above from the Icel. N. T.
Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᛅᚦᚱᛁ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger
Abréviations utilisées :
- compar.
- comparative.
- cp.
- compare.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- superl.
- superlative.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Œuvres & Auteurs cités :
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)