- næst
- next* * *adv. superl.1) nearest, next;næst Skotlandi, nearest to Scotland;því næst, þessu næst, þar næst, next to that, thereafter, thereupon;2) last (er nú úhœgra en næst þá er ek beidda);3) nearest the truth (vil ek, at þér reynit, hverir munu næst sét hafa).* * *1.superl.; næst bæ Arinbjarnar, Eg. 515; næst Skotlandi, 267; næst skapi, nearest to one’s mind; þar næst Gunnarr, Nj. 240, and temp., Grág. i. 242;—temp. next, last, næst er ek beidda, Sd. 187; næst nýs, next before, just before, Hkv. 2. 7: er næst ræddum vit um, Sks. 239; því næst, þessu næst, next in turn, Fms. i. 118, vi. 144, Ísl. ii. 209; vil ek at þit reynit hverir munn næst séð hafa, who have seen closest, i. e. truest, Fms. xi. 284.2.adv. next; í næst, Edda 103.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.