fyrri

Faroese

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.

Antonyms

  • hindri (comparative), hinztr (superlative)
  • síðarri (comparative), síðastr (superlative)

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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