fyrir

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fyrir (before, for), from Proto-Germanic *furi (before, for).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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fyrir

  1. therefore

Preposition

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fyrir

  1. for
    Synonyms: handa, til
    Þetta er ekki fyrir börn.This is not for children.
  2. before

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *furi (before, for). Cognate with Old English for, Old Saxon furi, Old High German furi, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 (faur).

Preposition

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fyrir

  1. before, in front of
  2. for

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fyrir
  • Faroese: fyri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føre, for, fyre (dated)
  • Old Swedish: fyri(r), for
  • Danish: for

References

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

Old Swedish

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Numeral

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fȳrir

  1. Alternative form of fiūrir