annars

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse annars.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈanːar̥s/

Adverb

annars

  1. or else, otherwise
    Ef ég hef einhvern pening þá getum við farið út að borða, annars borðum við bara heima.
    If I have any cash we can eat out, otherwise we'll just eat at home.
  2. by the way
    Hey, veistu annars hvað hún heitir?
    By the way, do you know her name?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse annars.

Adverb

annars

  1. or else

References

Old Norse

Etymology

Genitive singular of annarr.

Adjective

annars

  1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of annarr

Adverb

annars (not comparable)

  1. otherwise, else, or else

References
  • “annars”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse annars.

Pronunciation
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Adverb

annars (not comparable)

  1. otherwise, or else

Anagrams

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Genitive of æænn.

Pronoun

annars

  1. Belonging to the other.[1]
    Kórven ruuv allti stor i annars gryt
    “The sausage always looks big in someone else's pot” (proverb.)

Adjective

annars

  1. Different.

Adverb

annars

  1. Otherwise.[2]
  2. Differently.[2]

References
  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “annars”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 682
  2. Lindgren, J. V., “annars adv.”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 4
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