undir
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.
Preposition
undir
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *under.
Preposition
undir
- (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.
Related terms
Descendants
- Icelandic: undir
- Faroese: undir
- Norn: onjder, onder
- Norwegian: under
- Old Swedish: undir
- Swedish: under
- Danish: under
- Gutnish: undar, unda, undur
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References
- “undir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic prepositions
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse prepositions