Icelandic Online: Dictionary Entry for eftir

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

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