compar. [Germ. ausser; Engl. outer], outer, utter: yztr, superl. outermost, uttermost; these words are now sounded and in the Editions spelt with a short vowel, but ýtri, ýztr are prob. the true old forms; thus nýtr, ýtra rhyme in Fms. xi. 307, in a verse of the beginning of the 12th century, (Aarb. for Nord. Oldk. 1866, p. 278); til þverár innar ytri, Landn. 222; Rangá hina ytri, Eg. 100; allt it efra, opp. to it ytra, 58; hann nam land allt it ytra, Landn. 253, Orkn. 6; á yztu síðu heimsins, Sks. 199; á hinu yzta skipinu, Fms. i. 158; yztu skipanna, outermost of the ships, vii. 256; róit á útborða hinum yztum, viii. 221; skalt þú hafa váskufl yztan (of clothes), Nj. 32; hann hafði yzta heklu blá, Ld. 274; Þórir vildi sitja yztr virðinga manna, Nj. 50; cp. hin yztu sæti, hinn yzta sess, Luke xiv. 9; hin yztu myrkr, N. T.

II. metaph., ens ytra manns ok ens iðra, Hom. 53; auðæfi en ytri, Greg. 25; auðgask með ytrum gjöfum, outer, i. e. worldly, goods, Mar.