neðri
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editneðri (comparative neðri, superlative neðstur)
- (comparative degree) lower, farther below
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOriginally a comparative of the adverb niðr (“down, downwards”), itself from Proto-Germanic *niþer.
Adjective
editneðri (comparative neðri, superlative neztr)
- (comparative degree) lower, nether
- (superlative degree) lowest, nethermost
Inflection
editThis 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
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- 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.