fyrri

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Etymology

From Old Norse fyrri.

Adjective

fyrri

  1. former, first (of two)

Declension

Weak adjectival inflection of fyrri
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) fyrri fyrra fyrra
Accusative (hvønnfall) fyrra fyrru
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) fyrru
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)


See also

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furi or *furai.

Adjective

fyrri (comparative fyrri, superlative fyrstr)

  1. (comparative) former, first (out of two)
    hinn fyrra hlut vetrar
    in the first part of winter
    yðrir fyrri frændr
    your ancestors
  2. (superlative) the first, foremost
    eigi fellr tré við it fyrsta hǫgg
    a tree does not fall at the first blow

Inflection

This word is one of a little handful of adjectives with defective inflection, existing only in the comparative and superlative forms.

    Declension of fyrri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fyrri fyrri fyrra
accusative fyrra fyrri fyrra
dative fyrra fyrri fyrra
genitive fyrra fyrri fyrra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fyrri fyrri fyrri
accusative fyrri fyrri fyrri
dative fyrrum fyrrum fyrrum
genitive fyrri fyrri fyrri
    Strong declension of superlative of fyrri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fyrstr fyrst fyrst
accusative fyrstan fyrsta fyrst
dative fyrstum fyrstri fyrstu
genitive fyrsts fyrstrar fyrsts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fyrstir fyrstar fyrst
accusative fyrsta fyrstar fyrst
dative fyrstum fyrstum fyrstum
genitive fyrstra fyrstra fyrstra
    Weak declension of superlative of fyrri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fyrsti fyrsta fyrsta
accusative fyrsta fyrstu fyrsta
dative fyrsta fyrstu fyrsta
genitive fyrsta fyrstu fyrsta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fyrstu fyrstu fyrstu
accusative fyrstu fyrstu fyrstu
dative fyrstum fyrstum fyrstum
genitive fyrstu fyrstu fyrstu

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Faroese: fyrri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: førre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førre
  • Old Swedish: fyrre

References

  • “fyrri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fyrstr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fyrri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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