Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse fyrri.

Adjective edit

fyrri

  1. former, first (of two)

Declension edit

Weak adjectival inflection of fyrri
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) fyrri fyrra fyrra
Accusative (hvønnfall) fyrra fyrru
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) fyrru
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)


See also edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *furi or *furai.

Adjective edit

fyrri (comparative fyrri, superlative fyrstr)

  1. (comparative) former, first (out of two)
    hinn fyrra hlut vetrar
    in the first part of winter
    yðrir fyrri frændr
    your ancestors
  2. (superlative) the first, foremost
    eigi fellr tré við it fyrsta hǫgg
    a tree does not fall at the first blow

Inflection edit

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

Antonyms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Faroese: fyrri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: førre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førre
  • Old Swedish: fyrre

References edit

  • fyrri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fyrstr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fyrri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.