nyrðri

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === norðarri, nørðri === Etymology === 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”). === Adjective === nyrðri (comparative nyrðri, superlative nyrztr) (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”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: nyrðri Norwegian Nynorsk: nørdre; (dialectal) nyrdre, nørder, nødder, nørd === Further reading === 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.