Opt
Old Norse Dictionary - opt
Meaning of Old Norse word "opt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word opt can mean:opt
- opt
- adv., better oft, compar. optarr, superl. optast, [Ulf. ufta = πολλάκις, and common to all Teut. languages]:—oft, often; þá varð þat sem opt kann henda, Fms. i. 99, and in countless instances, old and mod.; e. g. opt is freq. the first word in a host of proverbs, opt sparir leiðum þats hefir ljúfum hugat, Hm.; opt kemr æði-regn ór dúsi, oft comes a shower after a lull, Eb. (in a verse): opt er flagð í fögru skinni, etc.
- opt
- 2. with part. pass., opt-reyndr, oft-tried, Fms. vi. 104; opt-nemndr, opt-greindr, oft-named, etc.
- opt
- II. compar. optarr, oftener; eigi optarr en of sinn, not more than once, Js. 2; þá mundi hann optarr sigr fá, Fms. vi. 225; en ef hann stell optarr, Js. 129; eigi optarr, no more, id.; æ því sterkari sem hann féll optarr, Al. 52; því meira sem þat var optarr hvatt, Korm. 94, passim.
- opt
- III. superl. optast, oftenest, usually, mostly; hann var optast um mitt landit, Fms. i. 6; hann sat optast í Túnsbergi, 11; hann átti þar margar orrostur ok hafði optast sigr, 193, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛒᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- compar.
- comparative.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- superl.
- superlative.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- part.
- participle.
- pass.
- passive.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)