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ONP: Dictionary of Old Norse Prose

Word

meiri adj. compar. [meira/meiran (DN I *1316›Holm 29 130¹⁷); superl. mestr; pos. → mikill adj.]

Status: excerpted citation slips citation text supplemented structured definitions in Danish definitions in English

1) større (af statur el. omfang)

 ● í meira/mesta lagi

2) (jur.) grov, mere alvorlig, større/størst

 ● frændsemisspell/sifjaspell it meira

cf. Magnús M. Lárusson 1962 [KLNM 7] 374-376

 ● sifjaslit hin meiri

cf. Magnús M. Lárusson 1962 [KLNM 7] 374-376

3) (om mængde/kvantum) flere, større, mere

 ● meiri/mestr hlutr [e-s/e-s(hum.)/e-rra]

 ● hǫlfu meira

 ● mest [e-rra]

 ● at mestu

4) (om grad/styrke) mere, bedre, højere, alvorligere

 ● hǫlfu meiri

 ● í minni hlut eða meiri

 ● (í) meira lagi / (at/í) mesta lagi / at mestu lagi

 ● meiri ... minni

 ● gera meira af sér [um e-t]

 ● (þess) at meira

 ● (h)it mesta

 ● meira (n. sg. = adv.)

 ● ganga/... meira sejle/... hurtigere/hurtigst

5) (om sidste/største del af barndommen)

6) mægtigere, mere betydningsfuld/indflydelsesrig/anset, højere agtet

 ● meiri (maðr) fyrir sér

 ● meiri (maðr) ok/... minni

7) mere imponerende/overlegen, bedre/værre/større

 ● mestr af sjálfum sér [um e-t]

 ● meiri/mestr fyrir sér

8) (om venskab) mere nær/varm/tæt

9) kyndigere, dygtigere

10) vigtig, afgørende, af stor betydning

* (for meiða vb.? cf. ed. note)

I. B. mestu (dat. sg. = adv.)

1) bedst, mest

2) næsten

II. (cogn.)

III. (y. no.)

Form.: meira (86); meiri (46); mesta (28); mest (17); mestr (17); meire (14); mestu (9); mesti (8); mæira (7); mestir (3); merstr (3); meri (3); mestv (3); mæstr (3); meirum (3); mestan (3); mæiri (2); meira (2); mæiru (2); mæiran (2); mæire (2); meiru (2); mæirrar (1); meirri (1); meiri (1); maira (1); mestur (1); mestvm (1); Meire (1); Meiri (1); mestre (1); meirí (1); meíra (1); męst (1); męstr (1); messto (1); meíre (1); mester (1); méira (1); meíri (1); méire (1); meste (1); meiri (1); mestum (1); meirom (1); męri (1); mæiræ (1); meiran (1);

Gloss.: EJ; ClV; ClVAdd _; ClVErr _; ClVSuppl _; Suppl1 _; Suppl2 _; Finsen _; Fr item mestr, mestu adv.; FrErr1 _; FrErr2 _; FrErr3 _; LLFrämm _; Hertzb item (mesti) mestr; HertzbLat _; HertzbTill _; Suppl4 _; Fischer _; Anm _; Bin; Rím _; LP _; Med item mestr; MedComp _; MedSimp _; WN _; AH; AJ _; deVr (meir), item mestr; Fr4; NO item mestu adv.; Walter _; ÁBlM item mestr; Bl; WPA _;

Litt.: Björn K. Þórólfsson 1929 242; Gering 1916 [ANF 32] 24; Heidermanns 1993 398-399; Housken 1954 [ANF 69] 26; Hægstad 1915 42-43, 80, 81; Hægstad 1916 92, 93, 181, 182; Lundeby 1947 [ANF 62] 77; Magnús M. Lárusson 1962 [KLNM 7] 374-376; Seip 1955 5, 16, 74, 142, 145, 263, 313; Veturliði Óskarsson 2003 [BA 43] 60, 105, 110, 293, 361

Genre. (expected): historical works [his]: 57 (50); family sagas [isl]: 53 (34); legal works [jur]: 41 (27); religious works [rel]: 41 (76); learned works [div]: 29 (9); romances [rom]: 20 (30); legendary sagas [fas]: 15 (12); contemporary sagas [bis]: 14 (21); charters [dip]: 13 (22); þættir [tot]: 5 (6); unclassified [ ]: 3 (1);

AS (red.) — November 2017

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