fyrir.
[with accusative]:
Meaning & usage
[with accusative]: for (expressing intent or purpose)
Þessi gjöf er fyrir hana.
[with accusative]: for, before (describing a target deadline or time frame)
Hún fór til útlanda fyrir helgina.
[with accusative]: for (expressing an amount paid for an object)
Ég borgaði fimmtíu þúsund evrur fyrir bílinn.
[with accusative]: to/for (expressing perception or benefit with some adjectives)
Þetta er ekki mikilvægt fyrir mig.
[with accusative]: for, on behalf of, in place of (describing an action done in place of someone else)
Hann sótti ráðstefnuna fyrir mig.
[with accusative]: before, in front of (expressing directional motion to a position in front of somewhere)
Hann ók bílnum fyrir húsið.
[with accusative]: before (expressing time before a specified point in time)
Mjólkin er best fyrir næsta sunnudag.
[with dative]: ago (describing a point in time in the past)
Hann bjó á Spáni fyrir tveimur árum.
[with dative]: for (expressing benefit or harm)
Ég bað fyrir hjálpræði þínu.
[with dative]: for (expressing oversight or leadership)
Hann fer fyrir öllum verkefnunum.
[with dative]: to, in the eyes of, in the opinion of (expressing perception, clarity, or how something appears to someone, in certain fixed expressions)
Málið er löngu orðið ljóst fyrir mér.
Hvernig birtist þetta fyrir þér?
[with dative]: in front of, blocking, obstructing (expressing a static location in front of something, usually in a way that blocks or causes an obstruction)
Bíllinn stendur fyrir dyrunum.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse fyrir (“before, for”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“before, for”).
therefore
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse fyrir (“before, for”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“before, for”).
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