undir

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under. === Preposition === undir (motion) under [with accusative] (location) under [with dative] Antonym: yfir ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *under. === Preposition === undir under, underneath [with accusative or dative] Antonym: yfir ==== Usage notes ==== Whether undir takes accusative or dative, depends on the sense. With the accusative case, it signifies movement towards something or someone. In other words it has an allative sense. With the dative case, it signifies positioning and location somewhere. In other words it has a locative sense. ==== Related terms ==== undan ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: undir Faroese: undir Norn: onjder, onder Norwegian Bokmål: under Norwegian Nynorsk: under Old Swedish: undir Swedish: under Danish: under Gutnish: undar, unda, undur === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “undir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive