fyrir

From Old Norse fyrir (“before, for”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“before, for”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪːrɪr/

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fyrir

1. therefore

fyrir

1. for

   Synonyms: handa, til

   Þetta er ekki fyrir börn. ― This is not for children.

2. before

• fyr

From Proto-Germanic *furi (“before, for”). Cognate with Old English for, Old Saxon furi, Old High German furi, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 (faur).

fyrir

1. before, in front of
2. for

• Icelandic: fyrir
• Faroese: fyri
• Norwegian Nynorsk: føre, for, fyre (dated)
• Old Swedish: fyri(r), for
  • Swedish: före, för
• Danish: for

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

fȳrir

1. Alternative form of fiūrir