yfir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo. Related to of (“too”) and ofan (“from above”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪːvɪr̥/

Preposition

yfir

1. above [with dative or accusative]

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “yfir”): undir

Derived terms

• fara eins og logi yfir akur
• líða yfir
• sofa yfir sig
• yfirfyll
• yfirheiti
• yfirmaður
• yfirráð
• yfirvald

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo.

Preposition

yfir

1. over (moving across, going across) [with dative or accusative]
2. over, above (positioned above)

Descendants

• Icelandic: yfir
• Faroese: yvir
• Norwegian Nynorsk: yver, yvi; ivi, øve (dialectal)
• Old Danish: ofær
  • Danish: over
    • Norwegian Bokmål: over
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: over
• Old Swedish: yvir, ivir, over
  • Swedish: över; öv (dialectal)
• Gutnish: yfvar, yfver
• Dalian: yvyr

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “yfir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Welsh

Verb

yfir

1. impersonal present/future of yfed