fyrri

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fyrri.

Adjective[edit]

fyrri

  1. former, first (of two)

Declension[edit]

Weak adjectival inflection of fyrri
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) fyrri fyrra fyrra
Accusative (hvønnfall) fyrra fyrru
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) fyrru
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)


See also[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *furi or *furai.

Adjective[edit]

fyrri (comparative fyrri, superlative fyrstr)

  1. (comparative) former, first (out of two)
    hinn fyrra hlut vetrar
    in the first part of winter
    yðrir fyrri frændr
    your ancestors
  2. (superlative) the first, foremost
    eigi fellr tré við it fyrsta hǫgg
    a tree does not fall at the first blow

Inflection[edit]

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

Antonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Faroese: fyrri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: førre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førre
  • Old Swedish: fyrre

References[edit]

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