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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.
Preposition
undir
- (with accusative) (motion) under
- (with dative) (location) under
- Antonym: yfir
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *under.
Preposition
undir
- (with accusative or dative) under, underneath
- Antonym: yfir
Usage notes
Whether undir takes accusative or dative, depends on the sense.
- With the accusative case, it signifies movement towards something or someone. In other words it has an allative sense.
- With the dative case, it signifies positioning and location somewhere. In other words it has a locative sense.
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Descendants
References
- “undir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press