No. 147 in Icelandic

meiri

"Meiri" means "more" or "greater" in English.

In a sentence

Ég vil meiri súpu.
I want more soup.
Here, 'meiri' is used to express the comparative form to mean 'more' or 'additional' of something in quantity.
Meiri háttar dagur var það í gær!
That was a great day yesterday!
This usage of 'meiri' contributes to an idiomatic expression ('meiri háttar') which means 'great' or 'magnificent'.
Honum líkar ekki meiri hávaði.
He doesn't like more noise.
In this example, 'meiri' once again denotes 'additional' or 'more,' relating to the amount of noise.

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