fyrir prep /adv
for
A. prep (acc)
1. (um hreyfingu/of motion) around, over, before
aka ~ hornið
drive around the corner
hrapa ~ björg
fall over a cliff
falla ~ borð
fall overboard
með bundið ~ augun
blindfolded
aftur ~ bílinn
behind the car
út ~ dyrnar
outside the door
fara ~ bíl
be run over by a car
2. (um tíma/of time) before
~ helgina
before the weekend
~ tímann
prematurely
~ fram
in advance
3. (handa, vegna, í staðinn ~) for, as
gera e-ð ~ e-n
do sth for sby
orðabók ~ almenning
dictionary for the general public
hvað fékkstu ~ það?
what did you get for it?
kaupa e-ð ~ peninga
buy sth for money
nota ~ skrifstofu
use as an office
B. prep (dat)
1. (um stað/of place) in front of
presturinn stóð ~ altarinu
the priest stood in front of the altar
tjöldin voru ~ glugganum
the curtains were closed
þú ert ~ mér
you are in my way
~ landi
offshore
verða ~ tjóni
suffer a loss
verða ~ bíl
be run over by a car
2. (um tíma/of time) ago
~ mörgum árum
many years ago
~ ári (síðan)
a year ago
~ löngu
long ago
3. (um orsakatengsl og fl/of causal and other relations)
hún gat ekki talað ~ gráti
she couldn't speak for tears
þú mátt gera það ~ mér
you can do it as far as I am concerned
ég má það ekki ~ mömmu
Mommy/(UK) mum doesn't let me
vera veikur ~ víni
have a weakness for liquor
hún er jafngóð ~ því
she is all right despite that
C. (with adv)
~ aftan e-ð
behind sth
~ framan e-ð
in front of sth
~ handan e-ð
beyond sth
~ innan e-ð
inside sth
~ neðan e-ð
below sth
~ ofan
upstairs
~ ofan e-ð
above sth
~ sunnan e-ð
south of sth
~ utan e-ð
1) outside sth
2) apart from sth
D. adv
vera ~
be in the way
hún var þarna ~
she was there already
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