UK: /pɹɪfˈɜː/ US: /pɹəˈfɝ/, /pɹiˈfɝ/, /pɹɪˈfɝ/
s. bera upp (prefer a complaint, a request, an inquiry); frama, hefja til tignar (prefer to a bishopric, to the rank of general); taka fram yfir, kjósa, vilja heldur (prefer one to another, water to wine)