innri

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• iðri

Etymology

Originally a comparative form of the adverb inn. Compare Old English innera. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en (“in”).

Adjective

innri (superlative innstr)

1. inner, interior, internal

   Antonym: ýtri

   fara hit innra

   to go by the inner road

Inflection

Comparative declension of innri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innri	innri	innra
accusative	innra	innri	innra
dative	innra	innri	innra
genitive	innra	innri	innra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innri	innri	innri
accusative	innri	innri	innri
dative	innrum	innrum	innrum
genitive	innri	innri	innri

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: indre
• Norwegian Bokmål: indre
• Swedish: inre
• Danish: indre

Further reading

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