Definitions
Definitions
1 of-sjónir
f. pl.; in the phrase, sjá ofsjónum yfir e-u, to look down upon, despise; brott ætlar hann ok görir hann þat ílla … þurfti hann ekki ofsjónum yfir þessu landi at sjá, Sturl. i. 225; ef hann hefði eigi séð ofsjónum yfir mannlegu eðli, Al. 160:—in mod. usage, to grudge one a thing.
2 of-sjónir
2. mod. the seeing of phantoms.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
of-sjónir
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "of-sjónir" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).