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eftir

Eftir is a preposition in the Icelandic language that means after, following, or subsequently. It is used to express temporal or sequential relationships between events or moments.

In everyday usage, etir can introduce time expressions such as after a specific point (for example, after

Etymology and related forms: eftir comes from Old Norse eptir and is cognate with the English word

See also: before (fyrir), after (eftir) in other Germanic languages, and common Icelandic prepositional constructions.

noon
or
after
dinner).
It
can
also
appear
in
phrases
that
describe
the
order
of
actions,
and
it
may
introduce
subordinate
clauses
with
the
particle
ad,
as
in
after
having
done
something:
eftir
að
hafa
lokið
verkefninu.
after.
It
is
part
of
a
family
of
prepositions
used
to
describe
sequence
and
timing,
and
it
contrasts
with
fyr­ir,
which
means
before.
In
Icelandic,
like
other
prepositions,
eftir
governs
the
structure
of
the
following
expression,
whether
a
noun
phrase
or
a
clause.