This is the 102nd most frequent Icelandic word.
fyrra
The Icelandic word "fyrra" means "former" or "previous" in English.
In this sentence, 'fyrra' means 'last' and refers to the previous year.
Í fyrra ferðaðist ég til Parísar.
Last year, I traveled to Paris.
Here, 'fyrra' means 'former' and is used to denote the first of two options.
Hann kýs að svara fyrra spurningunni fyrst.
He chooses to answer the former question first.
In this example, 'fyrra' means 'previous' and relates to the century before the current one.