eystri

== Old Norse == === Etymology === Originally a comparative form of the adverb austr. === Adjective === eystri (comparative eystri, superlative austastr) (comparative) more easterly (superlative) most easterly ==== Inflection ==== This word is one of a little handful of adjectives with defective inflection, existing only in the comparative and superlative forms. ==== Coordinate terms ==== nyrðri, syðri, vestri ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eystri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive “eystri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.