fyrri

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fyrri.

Adjective

fyrri

  1. former, first (of two)

Declension

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


Old Norse

Adjective

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

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

Antonyms

Descendants

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

References

  • 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.