nyrðri

• norðarri, nørðri

Originally a comparative form of the adverb norðr. From Proto-Germanic *nurþrōzô (comparative of *nurþraz (“north”)); the umlaut could be from an alternative form, and or analogous from syðri. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en (“in”).

nyrðri (comparative nyrðri, superlative nyrztr)

1. (comparative) more northerly
2. (superlative) most northerly

   liggja þessi lǫnd nyrzt

   these lands lie northernmost

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

• eystri, syðri, vestri

• norðan (“from the north”, adverb)
• norðrœnn (“northern”)

• Icelandic: nyrðri
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nørdre; (dialectal) nyrdre, nørder, nødder, nørd

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nyrðri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 315; also available at the Internet Archive
• “nørdre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.