annars

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːar̥s/

From Old Norse annars.

annars

1. or else, otherwise

   Ef ég hef einhvern pening þá getum við farið út að borða, annars borðum við bara heima.

   If I have any cash we can eat out, otherwise we'll just eat at home.

2. by the way

   Hey, veistu annars hvað hún heitir?

   By the way, do you know her name?

annars

1. genitive masculine/neuter singular of annar (“other”)

annars

1. genitive masculine/neuter singular of annar (“second”)

• annas, annast (dialectal)

From Old Norse annars.

annars

1. otherwise, or else

   Eg måtte skunda meg, for annars fór han ifrå meg.

   I had to hurry, because otherwise he would leave me behind.

   Pass deg, annars ramlar du!

   Watch out, or else you'll fall!

• elles

• “annars” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “annars”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “annars” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Genitive singular of annarr.

annars

1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of annarr

annars (not comparable)

1. otherwise, else, or else

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “annars”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Old Norse annars.

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annars (not comparable)

1. otherwise, or else

• snaran