"fyrir" meaning in Old Norse

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Preposition

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *furi (“before, for”). Cognate with Old English for, Old Saxon furi, Old High German furi, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 (faur). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*furi|t=before, for}} Proto-Germanic *furi (“before, for”), {{cog|ang|for}} Old English for, {{cog|osx|furi}} Old Saxon furi, {{cog|goh|furi}} Old High German furi, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂}} Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 (faur) Head templates: {{head|non|preposition}} fyrir
  1. before, in front of
    Sense id: en-fyrir-non-prep-7jZ-SflZ Categories (other): Old Norse prepositions Disambiguation of Old Norse prepositions: 57 43
  2. for
    Sense id: en-fyrir-non-prep-EMIrz0x2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fyr
Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 0 0

Alternative forms

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