neðri

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneðrɪ/

Adjective

neðri (comparative neðri, superlative neðstur)

1. (comparative degree) lower, farther below

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• neðarri

Etymology

Originally a comparative of the adverb niðr (“down, downwards”), itself from Proto-Germanic *niþer.

Adjective

neðri (comparative neðri, superlative neztr)

1. (comparative degree) lower, nether
2. (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

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	neðri	neðri	neðra
accusative	neðra	neðri	neðra
dative	neðra	neðri	neðra
genitive	neðra	neðri	neðra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	neðri	neðri	neðri
accusative	neðri	neðri	neðri
dative	neðrum	neðrum	neðrum
genitive	neðri	neðri	neðri

    Strong declension of superlative of neðri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	neztr	nezt	nezt
accusative	neztan	nezta	nezt
dative	neztum	neztri	neztu
genitive	nezts	neztrar	nezts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	neztir	neztar	nezt
accusative	nezta	neztar	nezt
dative	neztum	neztum	neztum
genitive	neztra	neztra	neztra

    Weak declension of superlative of neðri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nezti	nezta	nezta
accusative	nezta	neztu	nezta
dative	nezta	neztu	nezta
genitive	nezta	neztu	nezta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	neztu	neztu	neztu
accusative	neztu	neztu	neztu
dative	neztum	neztum	neztum
genitive	neztu	neztu	neztu

Related terms

• niðr
• neðan
• neðarr

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: nedre (comparative), nedste (superlative)
• Norwegian Bokmål: nedre

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.