Verri

Old Norwegian Dictionary - verri

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "verri" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

verri: verri, adj. comp., verstr, adj. superl. 1) ond, slem, ildesinget; þetta landsfolk eross verra fyrir at hitta, ef vér látumskip vár, en hit versta heiðit folk Fm.VIII, 1305; vildu bœndr nú því síðr ját-ask undir hann, sem öllum þótti hannnú verri maðr en áðr af verki þessuSturl. II, 2487; sjaldan vægir hinn verriStj. 54428; K. konungr er verri en dauðrFlov. 13811. 2) mindre, ringere, afmindre Værd; hverr annarra gefr fyrstgótt vín en síðan it verra Homil. 1884;heilagr faðir Anastasius átti einn texta- þann er eigi var verri en áttjánaurar silfrs Heilag. II, 53318 jvf 53412;skjöld þann at versta kosti (dvs. i værsteTilfælde, i det ringeste) er leggja skolojárnspengr þrjár um þveran Gul. 3095;snúa framferð e-s til verra dvs. nedsætteens Adfærd, DN. VIII, 67 (892); maðr,drengr at verri dvs. mindre Mand, Frost.II, 9; Landsl. 5, 3; Laxd. 14 (268); eigiverri til fylgðar en röskr maðr Nj. 71(10616).

Part of speech: adj comp

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᚱᚱᛁ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

adj.: Adjectiv.

comp.: Comparativ.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

superl.: Superlativ.

v.: Verbum.

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