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fleiri

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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fleiri

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

Usage notes

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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fleiri

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *flaizô. Related to Latin plūs.

Adjective

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fleiri (superlative flestr)

  1. comparative degree of margr
  2. more, most

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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  • fleiri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press