fyrir

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adverb[edit]

fyrir

  1. therefore

Preposition[edit]

fyrir

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

Derived terms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Preposition[edit]

fyrir

  1. before, in front of
  2. for

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Old Swedish[edit]

Numeral[edit]

fȳrir

  1. Alternative form of fiūrir
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