O

obláta, f. sacramental wafer.
odda-maðr, m. overman (who gives the casting vote); umpire.
odd-hagr, a. skilled in wood-carving;
-hending, f. the first rhyming syllable, when at the beginning of a line;
-hvass, a. sharp-pointed.
oddi, m. (1) triangle, point of land; (2) odd number; fig., standast (skerast) í odda, to be at odds, at variance.
oddr (-s, -ar), m. (1) point of a weapon; með oddi ok eggju, with point and edge, at the sword's point, by force (heimta, eyða e-t með oddi ok eggju); brjóta odd af oflæti sínu, to break the point of one's pride, to humble oneself; (2) spear (fölvir oddar); (3) spur (þótt vér jói óra oddum keyrum); (4) leader (hann var o. ok œsir fyrir þessum úráðum); (5) the front (hann hafði yxnum skipat í odd á liði sínu).
odd-viti, m. leader, chief (-viti liðs-ins, fyrir liðinu).
of, prep. (1) with dat. and acc., over = yfir (fara of fjöll; sitja of borði); of time, = um; of haust or of haustum, in the autumn; of aptaninn, in the evening; of hríð, for a while; of allt, always; (2) with acc. of, about (bera vitni of e-t); (3) in a casual sense, poet.; of sanna sök, for a just cause, justly.
of, an enclitic particle, chiefly placed before verbs; ek drykk of gat ens dýra mjaðar, I got a draught of the precious mead.
of, n. (1) great quantity, number; of fjár, immensity of wealth; of liðs, a vast host of men; (2) excess; við of, to excess; þótti hirðmönnum hans við of, they thought it was beyond measure; (3) pride, conceit (kirkjan verðr eigi svá mikil, at þar muni of þitt allt í liggja).
of, adv. (1) with adjectives and adverbs; too; of gamall, ungr, langr, stuttr, too old, young, long, short; of mjök, too much; of lengi, too long; (2) with the neuter of a past part. over-much, too much; hafa of drukkit, to have drunk too much; hafa of gört, to have transgressed; hafa of mælt, to have said too much; hafa of tekið við e-n, to have gone too far.
ofan, adv. (1) from above, down, downwards; falla o., to fall down; taka o. húsin, to pull down the house; (2) on the uppermost part, at the top (klettrinn var víðr o.); (3) above the surface of, with gen. (o. jarðar); (4) with preps., o. af, down from (o. af

<< Previous Page             Next Page >>