neðri
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Adjective
neðri (comparative neðri, superlative neðstur)
- (comparative degree) lower, farther below
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally a comparative of the adverb niðr (“down, downwards”), itself from Proto-Germanic *niþer.
Adjective
neðri (comparative neðri, superlative neztr)
- (comparative degree) lower, nether
- (superlative degree) lowest, nethermost
Inflection
This word is one of a little handful of adjectives with defective inflection, existing only in the comparative and superlative forms.
Declension of neðri
Strong declension of superlative of neðri
Weak declension of superlative of neðri
Related terms
Descendants
References
- neðri in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- neztr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.