Innri
Old Norse Dictionary - innri
Meaning of Old Norse word "innri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word innri can mean:innri
- innri
- a compar., in old MSS. almost always spelt iðri, and so used in poets; liðhraustr konungr sár in iðri, FmS. xi. 314 (in a verse of the beginning of the 12th century); superl. innstr:—the inmost, Lat. interior, í en iðri sundin, Eg. 358; í Eynni iðri, Hkr. i. 144; at Hólmi enum iðra, Landn. 52; hann bjó undir Felli eno iðra = the present Staðarfell, Sturl. i. 9 (MS.); fara hit iðra, to go by the inner road, Eg. 13, Rd. 268; it iðra, inside the house, Kormak; konungs skip lágu innst (innermost) í vökinni, FmS. vi. 337; sitja iðri, to sit innermost, Konr.; þeir skulu sitja innstir á hirðpall, n. G. l. ii. 447.
- innri
- II. metaph., ens ytra manns ok ens iðra, Hom. 53; hin innri augu, H. E. i. 513; ens iðra vegs, GrEg. 25; ef eigi er kennandi innra, sem læri hjartað, 19; af enum innsta sárleik hjartans, Hom. 11: enu innstu hluti himins, 57.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᚾᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- compar.
- comparative.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- superl.
- superlative.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)