yfir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo. Related to of (“too”) and ofan (“from above”).

Preposition

yfir

  1. (with dative, with accusative) above

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “yfir”): undir

Derived terms
Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo.

Preposition

yfir

  1. above

Descendants
  • Icelandic: yfir
  • Faroese: yvir
  • Norwegian: over
  • Danish: over
  • Old Swedish: yvir, ivir, over
  • Gutnish: yfvar, yfver
  • Dalian: yvyr

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

Welsh

Verb

yfir

  1. impersonal present/future of yfed
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