efri

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse efri, øfri. Cognate with Swedish övre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛvrɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvrɪ

Adjective

efri (comparative feminine efri, comparative neuter efra, superlative masculine efstur, superlative feminine efst, superlative neuter efst)

  1. upper, higher
    Vinur minn býr á efri hæðinni.
    My friend lives on the upper storey.
  2. top, upper, superior
    Mamma var alltaf efst í bekknum sínum.
    My mom was always at the top of her class.
  3. (of time) later

Derived terms
  • á efri árum
  • efri bekkirnir (the upper grades, the upper forms)
  • efri ár
  • efsti dagur
  • efsta stig

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Adjective

efri (superlative efstr)

  1. upper
  2. latter

Declension
    Declension of efri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative efri efri efra
accusative efra efri efra
dative efra efri efra
genitive efra efri efra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative efri efri efri
accusative efri efri efri
dative efrum efrum efrum
genitive efri efri efri

Descendants
  • Icelandic: efri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øvre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øvre
  •  Old Swedish: øfre, øffre, yfre, ywre
  • Swedish: övre
  • Danish: øvre

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