fyrri

From Old Norse fyrri.

fyrri

1. former, first (of two)

• seinni (later, last of two)

From Proto-Germanic *furi or *furai.

fyrri (comparative fyrri, superlative fyrstr)

1. (comparative) former, first (out of two)

   hinn fyrra hlut vetrar

   in the first part of winter

   yðrir fyrri frændr

   your ancestors

2. (superlative) the first, foremost

   eigi fellr tré við it fyrsta hǫgg

   a tree does not fall at the first blow

This word is one of a little handful of adjectives with defective inflection, existing only in the comparative and superlative forms.

• hindri (comparative), hinztr (superlative)
• síðarri (comparative), síðastr (superlative)

• fyrir
• fyrr

• Faroese: fyrri
• Norwegian Bokmål: førre
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førre; fyrre (dated)
• Old Swedish: fyrre
  • Swedish: förra

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