ýtri

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Originally a comparative of the adverb út.

Adjective

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ýtri (comparative ýtri, superlative ýztr)

  1. (comparative degree) outer
  2. (superlative degree) outmost

Inflection

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This word is one of a little handful of adjectives with defective inflection, existing only in the comparative and superlative forms.

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Descendants

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  • Faroese: ytri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ytre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ytre
  • Swedish: yttre
  • Danish: ydre

References

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