eðr

eðr
conj.,
1) or; fyrr eða siðar, sooner or later; annathvárt … eða, either … or; hvárt … eða, whether (if) … or; hvart er … eða, whether … or;
2) in comparison of two unlike things, and (mikinn mun eigum vér at gera þin eða annarra heimamanna);
3) after a comparative, and perhaps (ek em eigi verri riddari en S. konungr, eða nökkuru betri);
4) introducing a question, but (ek beiti Auðgisl, — eða ertu H. vandræðaskáld?);
5) sometimes after a negation, = né, nor (þeir munu hvárki fyrir sjá fé sínu eða fjörvi).
* * *
adv. still, yet, older form instead of ‘enn,’ only in poetry; eðr of sér, one still has to see, i. e. the next thing is …, Haustl. 14; stóð eðr í hausi, stood, i. e. remains, still in his head, 19.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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