innri

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• iðri

Etymology

Originally a comparative form of the adverb inn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en (“in”).

Adjective

innri (comparative innri, superlative innstr)

1. (comparative) inner
   • fara hit innra

     to go by the inner road

2. (superlative) innermost

Inflection

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

    Declension of innri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innri	innri	innra
accusative	innra	innri	innra
dative	innra	innri	innra
genitive	innra	innri	innra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innri	innri	innri
accusative	innri	innri	innri
dative	innrum	innrum	innrum
genitive	innri	innri	innri

    Strong declension of superlative of innri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innstr	innst	innst
accusative	innstan	innsta	innst
dative	innstum	innstri	innstu
genitive	innsts	innstrar	innsts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innstir	innstar	innst
accusative	innsta	innstar	innst
dative	innstum	innstum	innstum
genitive	innstra	innstra	innstra

    Weak declension of superlative of innri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innsti	innsta	innsta
accusative	innsta	innstu	innsta
dative	innsta	innstu	innsta
genitive	innsta	innstu	innsta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innstu	innstu	innstu
accusative	innstu	innstu	innstu
dative	innstum	innstum	innstum
genitive	innstu	innstu	innstu

Antonyms

• ýtri

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: indre
• Norwegian Bokmål: indre

References

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