Icelandic

Preposition

yfir

1. (with dative, with accusative) above

Antonyms

• (yfir): undir

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Preposition

yfir

1. above

Descendants

• Faroese: yvir
• Icelandic: yfir
• Swedish: över

References

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

Welsh

Verb

yfir

1. impersonal present/future of yfed