[3] fyr lofða ‘before men’: The acc. after fyr (for more prevalent dat. in this sub-sense) arises because the adv. framm implies ‘motion towards’ (cf. CVC: fyrir).
References
- Bibliography
- CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.