Yfrinn
Old Norse Dictionary - yfrinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "yfrinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word yfrinn can mean:yfrinn
- yfrinn
- adj., so written in the uncontractcd cases, but in the contracted cases the f is absorbed, ýrinn or œrinn, qq. v.; [yfir, of]:—over-great, abundant, large; yfrin (ærin, v. l.) var þurft til, Fms. viii. 56, v. l.; yfrin nauðsyn, 137, ix. 35, Hkr. i. 279; yfrin gaótt, Fms. viii. 18; hafi þér aflat mikit, ok er þat sumt er yfrit er, overmuch, 230; eru ok yfrin efni til, 219; var þeim yfrinn hugr undan at róa, 378; eldsneyti yfrit, xi. 239; yfrit afl, Sks. 198; yfrit ár, 613.
- yfrinn
- 2. neut. as adverb; yfrið margir, very many, Fms. xi. 273; yfrit marga, Sks. 683, 692; yfrit mikill, very great, Fms. viii. 137; yfrit lengi, very long, 420; yfrit djarfr, very bold, 432.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᚱᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- neut.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)