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helzt

helzt

Old Norse

Adverb

helzt

  1. most, most of all, especially
    • Þik vil ek helzt eiga, þótt ek kjósa um alla menn (Sigrdrífumál / Völsunga saga, chapter 21. "Thee would I fainest choose, though I had all men's sons to choose from." trans. William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, Walter Scott Press, London, 1888)

References

  • helzt in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press