fleiri

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“full, many”).

Adjective

fleiri

  1. more, comparative degree of nógvur (many)
  2. several, quite a lot, many

Usage notes

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“full, many”).

Adjective

fleiri

  1. comparative degree of margur: more (instances of something)

Usage notes

  • Fleiri is used with countable words:
    fleiri kartöflur ― more potatoes
    fleiri menn ― more men
  • With uncountable words, meira should be used instead:
    meiri mat ― more food

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flaizô. Related to Latin plūs.

Adjective

fleiri (superlative flestr)

  1. comparative degree of margr
  2. more, most

Declension

Comparative declension of fleiri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fleiri fleiri fleira
accusative fleira fleiri fleira
dative fleira fleiri fleira
genitive fleira fleiri fleira
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fleiri fleiri fleiri
accusative fleiri fleiri fleiri
dative fleirum fleirum fleirum
genitive fleiri fleiri fleiri

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fleiri
  • Faroese: fleiri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fleire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fler, flere
  • Old Swedish: flere
  • Danish: flere

Further reading

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