Ytri
Old Norse Dictionary - ytri
Meaning of Old Norse word "ytri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ytri can mean:ytri
- ytri
- compar. [Germ. ausser; Engl. outer], outer, utter: yztr, superl. outermost, uttermost; these words are now sounded and in the Editions spelt with a short vowel, but ýtri, ýztr are prob. the true old forms; thus nýtr, ýtra rhyme in Fms. xi. 307, in a verse of the beginning of the 12th century, (Aarb. for Nord. Oldk. 1866, p. 278); til þverár innar ytri, Landn. 222; Rangá hina ytri, Eg. 100; allt it efra, opp. to it ytra, 58; hann nam land allt it ytra, Landn. 253, Orkn. 6; á yztu síðu heimsins, Sks. 199; á hinu yzta skipinu, Fms. i. 158; yztu skipanna, outermost of the ships, vii. 256; róit á útborða hinum yztum, viii. 221; skalt þú hafa váskufl yztan (of clothes), Nj. 32; hann hafði yzta heklu blá, Ld. 274; Þórir vildi sitja yztr virðinga manna, Nj. 50; cp. hin yztu sæti, hinn yzta sess, Luke xiv. 9; hin yztu myrkr, n. T.
- ytri
- II. metaph., ens ytra manns ok ens iðra, Hom. 53; auðæfi en ytri, GrEg. 25; auðgask með ytrum gjöfum, outer, i. e. worldly, goods, Mar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛏᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- compar.
- comparative.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- prob.
- probably.
- superl.
- superlative.
- v.
- vide.
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)