fleiri

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (full, many).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflaiːɹɪ/

Adjective

fleiri

  1. more, comparative degree of nógvur (many)
    alsamt fleirimore and more
  2. several, quite a lot, many

Usage notes

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (full, many).

Adjective

fleiri

  1. comparative degree of margur: more (instances of something)

Usage notes

  • Fleiri is used with countable words:
    fleiri kartöflurmore potatoes
    fleiri mennmore men
  • With uncountable words, meira should be used instead:
    meiri matmore food

Old Norse

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flaizô. Related to Latin plūs.

    Adjective

    fleiri (superlative flestr)

    1. comparative degree of margr
    2. more, most

    Declension

    Comparative declension of fleiri
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative fleiri fleiri fleira
    accusative fleira fleiri fleira
    dative fleira fleiri fleira
    genitive fleira fleiri fleira
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative fleiri fleiri fleiri
    accusative fleiri fleiri fleiri
    dative fleirum fleirum fleirum
    genitive fleiri fleiri fleiri

    Descendants

    • Icelandic: fleiri
    • Faroese: fleiri
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: fleire
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fler, flere
    • Old Swedish: flere
    • Danish: flere

    Further reading

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