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undir

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.

Preposition

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undir

  1. (motion) under [with accusative]
  2. (location) under [with dative]
    Antonym: yfir

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *under.

Preposition

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undir

  1. (with accusative or dative) under, underneath
    Antonym: yfir

Usage notes

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Whether undir takes accusative or dative, depends on the sense.

  • With the accusative case, it signifies movement towards something or someone. In other words it has an allative sense.
  • With the dative case, it signifies positioning and location somewhere. In other words it has a locative sense.
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: undir
  • Faroese: undir
  • Norn: onjder, onder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: under
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: under
  • Old Swedish: undir
  • Danish: under
  • Gutnish: undar, unda, undur

References

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