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”).

Preposition

yfir

(with dative, with accusative) above

Antonyms

(yfir): undir

Derived terms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Preposition

yfir

above

Descendants

Faroese: yvir
Icelandic: yfir
Swedish: över
Norwegian: over (Bokmål), over (Nynorsk)

References

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

Welsh

Verb

yfir

impersonal present/future of yfed

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