undir

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.

Preposition

undir

  1. (motion) under
  2. (location) under
    Antonym: yfir

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *under.

Preposition

undir

  1. (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.

Descendants

References

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