innri

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Originally a comparative form of the adverb inn. Compare Old English innera. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en (“in”).

Adjective[edit]

innri (superlative innstr)

  1. inner, interior, internal
    Antonym: ýtri
    fara hit innra
    to go by the inner road

Inflection[edit]

    Declension of innri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative innri innri innra
accusative innra innri innra
dative innra innri innra
genitive innra innri innra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative innri innri innri
accusative innri innri innri
dative innrum innrum innrum
genitive innri innri innri

Descendants[edit]

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: indre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: indre
  • Swedish: inre
  • Danish: indre

References[edit]

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