yfir

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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”).

Preposition[edit]

yfir

  1. (with dative, with accusative) above

Antonyms[edit]

  • (antonym(s) of “yfir”): undir

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Preposition[edit]

yfir

  1. above

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: yfir
  • Faroese: yvir
  • Norwegian: over
  • Danish: over
  • Old Swedish: yvir, ivir, over
  • Gutnish: yfvar, yfver
  • Dalian: yvyr

References[edit]

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

Welsh[edit]

Verb[edit]

yfir

  1. impersonal present/future of yfed
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