eptir

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ept, at
• ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ (iftiʀ), ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ (iftir), ᛁᛒᛏᛁᛦ (ibtiʀ), ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ (aftiʀ), ᚬᚠᛏᛁᛦ (ąftiʀ), ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ (abtiʀ)

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóteros (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *h₂epó (“off, behind”). Compare also aptr.

Preposition

eptir

1. after [with dative]

Adverb

eptir

1. after
2. afterwards
3. along

Descendants

• Icelandic: eftir
• Faroese: eftir
• Norn: efter
• Middle Norwegian: ettir, iftir, ættir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: etter
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: etter
• Old Jamtish: efti
  • Jamtish: ette
• Elfdalian: etter
• Old Swedish: æptir, æftir, ættir
  • Swedish: efter
• Old Danish: æftær, æftir
  • Danish: efter
    • Norwegian Bokmål: efter (unofficial, riksmål)
  • Scanian: ætte
• Old Gutnish: eptir, aktr, ebtir, efter, eftir, epter
  • Gutnish: etta, ettar, yttur (fårö)

Further reading

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