norðarri

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === nyrðri, nørðri === Etymology === Originally a comparative form of the adverb norðr. From Proto-Germanic *nurþrōzô (comparative degree of *nurþraz (“north”)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en (“in”). === Adjective === norðarri (comparative norðarri, superlative norðastr) (comparative) more northerly (superlative) most northerly ==== Inflection ==== This word is one of a little handful of adjectives with defective inflection, existing only in the comparative and superlative forms. ==== Coordinate terms ==== eystri, syðri, vestri ==== Related terms ==== norðan (“from the north”, adverb) norðrœnn (“northern”) norðarr (“farther north”, adverb) ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Nynorsk: nordre; nørdre (comparative), nørdst (superlative) Norwegian Bokmål: nordre; nørdst === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “norðarri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 315; also available at the Internet Archive “nordre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.