ofanverðr

a.

1) the upper, uppermost, opp. to neðanverðr;

hann hjó í ofanverðan skjöldinn, in the uppermost part of the shield;

á ofanverðu fjallinu, on the top of the mountain;

breiðr at ofanverðu, broad at the top;

2) of time, in the later part of a period, opp. to öndverðr;

ofanverða nótt, towards the end of the night, late in the night;

á ofanverðum dögum Haralds, in the later part of the reign of King Harold.