eftir prep /adv
A. prep (acc)
1. (um tíma/of time) after, in
~ ár
after a year
ég kem ~ viku
I will come in a week
2. (um orsök/of cause)
uppgefinn ~ hlaupið
exhausted from the run
3. (um höfund/of authorship) by
bók ~ Laxness
a book by Laxness
B. prep (dat)
1. (um hreyfingu/of movement) along
ganga ~ götunni
walk along the street
2. (samkvæmt) according to
~ landslögum
according to the law
það fer ~ ýmsu
it depends
þetta er ~ honum
this is typical of him
3. after, behind
draga (á) eftir sér
drag after/behind oneself
fara (á) ~ e-m
go after sby
C. adv
1. (um dvöl, leifar ofl)
verða ~
be left behind
þetta er ~
this remains, this remains to be done
það sem ~ er
1) what is left
2) what remains to be done
3) all the time one has left
eiga e-ð ~
have sth left to do, have sth still to be done
2. (um tíma/of time) after
á ~
later
árið ~
the following year