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Usages of fyrr en
Við tökum enga ákvörðun fyrr en við höfum lesið samninginn.
We make no decision until we have read the contract.
Ég fer ekki heim fyrr en fundurinn er búinn.
I am not going home until the meeting is over.
Ég ætlaði að hrósa systur minni fyrr, en ég gerði það ekki fyrr en í dag.
I was going to praise my sister earlier, but I did not do it until today.
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